#A98E36#A98E36

#A98E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E36
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 0.17, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 48.95, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0036 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.111 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7024, 28.0489, 7.4968)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E36 #3651A9

analogous

#A95436 #A98E36 #8AA936

triadic

#A98E36 #36A98E #8E36A9

tetradic

#A98E36 #36A954 #3651A9 #A9368A

square

#A98E36 #36A954 #3651A9 #A9368A

split-complementary

#A98E36 #368AA9 #5436A9

monochromatic

#4C4018 #7B6727 #A98E36 #C8AD54 #D7C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A98E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E36

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E36	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)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae72',
    500: '#a98e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e36;
$custom-light: #c6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65473,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E36

secondary

#7A8BC1

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E36

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

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