#A98E21#A98E21

#A98E21 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	#A98E21
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, -0.82, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 57.03, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0088 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.124 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3112, 27.8924, 5.4365)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E21 #213CA9

analogous

#A94A21 #A98E21 #80A921

triadic

#A98E21 #21A98E #8E21A9

tetradic

#A98E21 #21A94A #213CA9 #A92180

square

#A98E21 #21A94A #213CA9 #A92180

split-complementary

#A98E21 #2180A9 #4A21A9

monochromatic

#43380D #766317 #A98E21 #D7B631 #E1C864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A98E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E21

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E21	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)

#9E8B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.124 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae66',
    500: '#a98e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e21;
$custom-light: #c7ae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65316,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E21

secondary

#6074C6

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E21

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

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