#A98E1C#A98E1C

#A98E1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E1C
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 28)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -0.99, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 58.57, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0097 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.126 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2463, 27.8664, 5.0947)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E1C #1C37A9

analogous

#A9471C #A98E1C #7DA91C

triadic

#A98E1C #1CA98E #8E1CA9

tetradic

#A98E1C #1CA947 #1C37A9 #A91C7D

square

#A98E1C #1CA947 #1C37A9 #A91C7D

split-complementary

#A98E1C #1C7DA9 #471CA9

monochromatic

#40360B #746213 #A98E1C #DBB927 #E4CA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A98E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E1C

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E1C	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae64',
    500: '#a98e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e1c;
$custom-light: #c7ae64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6529,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E1C

secondary

#596EC8

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E1C

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

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