#A98E27#A98E27

#A98E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E27
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -0.59, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 54.97, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0075 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.121 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4029, 27.9291, 5.9192)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E27 #2742A9

analogous

#A94D27 #A98E27 #83A927

triadic

#A98E27 #27A98E #8E27A9

tetradic

#A98E27 #27A94D #2742A9 #A92783

square

#A98E27 #27A94D #2742A9 #A92783

split-complementary

#A98E27 #2783A9 #4D27A9

monochromatic

#463A10 #77641C #A98E27 #D2B33B #DDC66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A98E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E27

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E27	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae69',
    500: '#a98e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e27;
$custom-light: #c7ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65353,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E27

secondary

#687BC4

accent

#64E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E27

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

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