#A98E38#A98E38

#A98E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.109 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E38
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 0.30, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 48.07, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0029 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.109 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7503, 28.0680, 7.7493)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E38 #3853A9

analogous

#A95638 #A98E38 #8CA938

triadic

#A98E38 #38A98E #8E38A9

tetradic

#A98E38 #38A956 #3853A9 #A9388C

square

#A98E38 #38A956 #3853A9 #A9388C

split-complementary

#A98E38 #388CA9 #5638A9

monochromatic

#4D411A #7B6729 #A98E38 #C7AC57 #D7C385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A98E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A98E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E38

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E38	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.109 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae73',
    500: '#a98e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e38;
$custom-light: #c6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65493,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E38

secondary

#7C8DC0

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E38

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

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