#A98E22#A98E22

#A98E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.123 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E22
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -0.79, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 56.71, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% -0.0086 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.123 94)
XYZ	xyz(26.3254, 27.8981, 5.5113)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E22 #223DA9

analogous

#A94B22 #A98E22 #81A922

triadic

#A98E22 #22A98E #8E22A9

tetradic

#A98E22 #22A94B #223DA9 #A92281

square

#A98E22 #22A94B #223DA9 #A92281

split-complementary

#A98E22 #2281A9 #4B22A9

monochromatic

#43380D #766318 #A98E22 #D6B532 #E0C865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A98E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E22

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E22	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)

#9E8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.123 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae67',
    500: '#a98e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e22;
$custom-light: #c7ae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65322,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.27897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E22

secondary

#6175C5

accent

#61E93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E22

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

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