#A98E39#A98E39

#A98E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.108 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E39
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 0.36, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 47.62, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0026 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.108 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7750, 28.0779, 7.8794)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E39 #3954A9

analogous

#A95639 #A98E39 #8CA939

triadic

#A98E39 #39A98E #8E39A9

tetradic

#A98E39 #39A956 #3954A9 #A9398C

square

#A98E39 #39A956 #3954A9 #A9398C

split-complementary

#A98E39 #398CA9 #5639A9

monochromatic

#4D411A #7B682A #A98E39 #C7AC58 #D6C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#A98E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#A98E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E39

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E39	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.108 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ae73',
    500: '#a98e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e39;
$custom-light: #c6ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65502,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E39

secondary

#7E8EC0

accent

#70D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E39

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

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