#A98E2C#A98E2C

#A98E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.118 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E2C
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -0.36, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 53.09, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.0063 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.118 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4912, 27.9644, 6.3847)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E2C #2C47A9

analogous

#A9502C #A98E2C #86A92C

triadic

#A98E2C #2CA98E #8E2CA9

tetradic

#A98E2C #2CA950 #2C47A9 #A92C86

square

#A98E2C #2CA950 #2C47A9 #A92C86

split-complementary

#A98E2C #2C86A9 #502CA9

monochromatic

#483C13 #78651F #A98E2C #CEB044 #DBC574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A98E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A98E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E2C

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E2C	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)

#9E8C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.118 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6c',
    500: '#a98e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e2c;
$custom-light: #c6ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65389,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E2C

secondary

#6E80C3

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E2C

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

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