Information about #A98B1E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A strongly colored sunny yellow, #A98B1E occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Vintage Gold (#A28B23). Slightly further away sit Lucky (#AB9A1C) and Hacienda (#9E8022).
The recipe behind #A98B1E is rgb(169, 139, 30), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A98B1E: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#A98B1E color variations
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#A98B1E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A98B1E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A98B1E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A98B1E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A98B1E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A98B1E color
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Nearest named colors to #A98B1E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A28B23
#AB9A1C
#9E8022
#B78727
#A48111
#AE8B0C
#988422
#AD812F
#B79826
#A17917
#A47D0E
#BC9425
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A98B1E
- RGB169, 139, 30
- CMYK0, 12, 55, 34
- CSSrgb(169, 139, 30)
- HSL47°, 70%, 39%
- HSL Precise47.05°, 69.849%, 39.02%
- HSV47°, 82%, 66%
- HSB47°, 82%, 66%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.663
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
- GLSLvec3(0.663, 0.545, 0.118)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.663, 0.545, 0.118, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.663, 0.545, 0.118)
- Percentage of Red in RGB66.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX IDA98B1E
- DECIMAL ID11111198
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
