#A98E37#A98E37

#A98E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E37
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 0.23, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 48.51, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0033 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.11 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7261, 28.0584, 7.6218)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E37 #3752A9

analogous

#A95537 #A98E37 #8BA937

triadic

#A98E37 #37A98E #8E37A9

tetradic

#A98E37 #37A955 #3752A9 #A9378B

square

#A98E37 #37A955 #3752A9 #A9378B

split-complementary

#A98E37 #378BA9 #5537A9

monochromatic

#4D4019 #7B6728 #A98E37 #C8AD55 #D7C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A98E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E37

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E37	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)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae72',
    500: '#a98e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e37;
$custom-light: #c6ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65483,
    "c": 0.1098,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E37

secondary

#7B8CC0

accent

#6FDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E37

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

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