#A89042#A89042

#A89042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.102 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89042
RGB	rgb(168, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -0.57, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 43.93, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0041 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.102 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1063, 28.6661, 9.2585)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89042 #425AA8

analogous

#A85D42 #A89042 #8DA842

triadic

#A89042 #42A890 #9042A8

tetradic

#A89042 #42A85D #425AA8 #A8428D

square

#A89042 #42A85D #425AA8 #A8428D

split-complementary

#A89042 #428DA8 #5D42A8

monochromatic

#50451F #7C6A31 #A89042 #C2AC65 #D4C491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A89042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A89042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A89042

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89042	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.102 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b079',
    500: '#a89042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89042;
$custom-light: #c5b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65923,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89042

secondary

#8794BF

accent

#72D354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89042

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

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