#A98E30#A98E30

#A98E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.115 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E30
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, -0.16, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 51.49, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0052 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.115 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5701, 27.9959, 6.8000)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E30 #304BA9

analogous

#A95230 #A98E30 #87A930

triadic

#A98E30 #30A98E #8E30A9

tetradic

#A98E30 #30A952 #304BA9 #A93087

square

#A98E30 #30A952 #304BA9 #A93087

split-complementary

#A98E30 #3087A9 #5230A9

monochromatic

#4A3E15 #796622 #A98E30 #CCAF4A #D9C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A98E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E30

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E30	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)

#9D8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.115 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6e',
    500: '#a98e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e30;
$custom-light: #c6ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.612,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6542,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E30

secondary

#7385C2

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E30

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

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