#A98D40#A98D40

#A98D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.102 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98D40
RGB	rgb(169, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 1.38, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 44.12, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0012 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.102 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8138, 27.8564, 8.8140)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98D40 #405CA9

analogous

#A95840 #A98D40 #90A940

triadic

#A98D40 #40A98D #8D40A9

tetradic

#A98D40 #40A958 #405CA9 #A94090

square

#A98D40 #40A958 #405CA9 #A94090

split-complementary

#A98D40 #4090A9 #5840A9

monochromatic

#50431E #7D682F #A98D40 #C4AA62 #D5C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A98D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A98D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98D40

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98D40	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.102 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae78',
    500: '#a98d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98d40;
$custom-light: #c5ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65366,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98D40

secondary

#8595C0

accent

#76D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98D40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →