#A98E2E#A98E2E

#A98E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E2E
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -0.26, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 52.30, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0058 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5297, 27.9798, 6.5875)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E2E #2E49A9

analogous

#A9502E #A98E2E #87A92E

triadic

#A98E2E #2EA98E #8E2EA9

tetradic

#A98E2E #2EA950 #2E49A9 #A92E87

square

#A98E2E #2EA950 #2E49A9 #A92E87

split-complementary

#A98E2E #2E87A9 #502EA9

monochromatic

#493D14 #796621 #A98E2E #CDB047 #DAC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A98E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E2E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E2E	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6d',
    500: '#a98e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e2e;
$custom-light: #c6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E2E

secondary

#7183C2

accent

#69E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E2E

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

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