#A98E2B#A98E2B

#A98E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E2B
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -0.41, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 53.48, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0065 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4727, 27.9570, 6.2869)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E2B #2B46A9

analogous

#A94F2B #A98E2B #85A92B

triadic

#A98E2B #2BA98E #8E2BA9

tetradic

#A98E2B #2BA94F #2B46A9 #A92B85

square

#A98E2B #2BA94F #2B46A9 #A92B85

split-complementary

#A98E2B #2B85A9 #4F2BA9

monochromatic

#473C12 #78651F #A98E2B #CFB142 #DBC573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A98E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E2B

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6b',
    500: '#a98e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e2b;
$custom-light: #c6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.11823,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E2B

secondary

#6D7FC3

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E2B

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

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