#A98E31#A98E31

#A98E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E31
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -0.11, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 51.07, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.005 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.114 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5910, 28.0043, 6.9099)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E31 #314CA9

analogous

#A95231 #A98E31 #88A931

triadic

#A98E31 #31A98E #8E31A9

tetradic

#A98E31 #31A952 #314CA9 #A93188

square

#A98E31 #31A952 #314CA9 #A93188

split-complementary

#A98E31 #3188A9 #5231A9

monochromatic

#4A3E15 #7A6623 #A98E31 #CBAF4C #D9C47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A98E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E31

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E31	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)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae6f',
    500: '#a98e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e31;
$custom-light: #c6ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65429,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E31

secondary

#7486C1

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E31

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

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