#A98E28#A98E28

#A98E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.120 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E28
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -0.54, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 54.61, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0073 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.12 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4196, 27.9358, 6.0077)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E28 #2843A9

analogous

#A94D28 #A98E28 #83A928

triadic

#A98E28 #28A98E #8E28A9

tetradic

#A98E28 #28A94D #2843A9 #A92883

square

#A98E28 #28A94D #2843A9 #A92883

split-complementary

#A98E28 #2883A9 #4D28A9

monochromatic

#463B11 #78641C #A98E28 #D1B23D #DDC66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A98E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E28

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E28	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)

#9E8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.120 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6a',
    500: '#a98e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e28;
$custom-light: #c7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6536,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E28

secondary

#697CC4

accent

#65E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E28

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

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