#A98E20#A98E20

#A98E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.124 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E20
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -0.86, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 57.36, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0089 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.124 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2974, 27.8869, 5.3638)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E20 #203BA9

analogous

#A94A20 #A98E20 #80A920

triadic

#A98E20 #20A98E #8E20A9

tetradic

#A98E20 #20A94A #203BA9 #A92080

square

#A98E20 #20A94A #203BA9 #A92080

split-complementary

#A98E20 #2080A9 #4A20A9

monochromatic

#42380D #766316 #A98E20 #D8B62F #E1C862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A98E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E20

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E20	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae66',
    500: '#a98e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e20;
$custom-light: #c7ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65311,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E20

secondary

#5F73C6

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E20

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

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