#A98E4E#A98E4E

#A98E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.089 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A98E4E
RGB	rgb(169, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 1.95, 37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 37.61, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0046 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.089 87)
XYZ	xyz(27.4114, 28.3325, 11.2311)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A98E4E #4E69A9

analogous

#A9604E #A98E4E #96A94E

triadic

#A98E4E #4EA98E #8E4EA9

tetradic

#A98E4E #4EA960 #4E69A9 #A94E96

square

#A98E4E #4EA960 #4E69A9 #A94E96

split-complementary

#A98E4E #4E96A9 #604EA9

monochromatic

#554827 #7F6B3B #A98E4E #BFA975 #D3C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A98E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A98E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A98E4E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A98E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A98E4E	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a98e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.089 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ae81',
    500: '#a98e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a98e4e;
$custom-light: #c5ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a98e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.28331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A98E4E

secondary

#93A0BF

accent

#7DCD5B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A98E4E

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

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