#A98E2D#A98E2D

#A98E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.117 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E2D
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -0.31, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 52.70, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.006 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.117 93)
XYZ	xyz(26.5103, 27.9720, 6.4849)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E2D #2D48A9

analogous

#A9502D #A98E2D #86A92D

triadic

#A98E2D #2DA98E #8E2DA9

tetradic

#A98E2D #2DA950 #2D48A9 #A92D86

square

#A98E2D #2DA950 #2D48A9 #A92D86

split-complementary

#A98E2D #2D86A9 #502DA9

monochromatic

#483D13 #796520 #A98E2D #CEB046 #DAC576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A98E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E2D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E2D	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.117 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6c',
    500: '#a98e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e2d;
$custom-light: #c6ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65396,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.2797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E2D

secondary

#6F82C2

accent

#68E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E2D

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

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