#A89221#A89221

#A89221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.126 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89221
RGB	rgb(168, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -3.46, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 57.97, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0162 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.126 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7033, 28.9938, 5.6284)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89221 #2137A8

analogous

#A84F21 #A89221 #7BA821

triadic

#A89221 #21A892 #9221A8

tetradic

#A89221 #21A84F #2137A8 #A8217B

square

#A89221 #21A84F #2137A8 #A8217B

split-complementary

#A89221 #217BA8 #4F21A8

monochromatic

#42390D #756617 #A89221 #D6BB30 #E0CC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#A89221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#A89221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A89221

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89221	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.126 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b167',
    500: '#a89221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89221;
$custom-light: #c6b167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66073,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89221

secondary

#5F70C5

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89221

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

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