#A98E34#A98E34

#A98E34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E34
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 0.06, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 49.81, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0041 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.112 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6564, 28.0305, 7.2545)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E34 #344FA9

analogous

#A95334 #A98E34 #89A934

triadic

#A98E34 #34A98E #8E34A9

tetradic

#A98E34 #34A953 #344FA9 #A93489

square

#A98E34 #34A953 #344FA9 #A93489

split-complementary

#A98E34 #3489A9 #5334A9

monochromatic

#4B3F17 #7A6726 #A98E34 #C9AE51 #D8C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A98E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E34

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E34	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae70',
    500: '#a98e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e34;
$custom-light: #c6ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65455,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E34

secondary

#7889C1

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E34

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

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