#A89231#A89231

#A89231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89231
RGB	rgb(168, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -2.74, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 52.11, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0125 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9830, 29.1058, 7.1018)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89231 #3147A8

analogous

#A85731 #A89231 #82A831

triadic

#A89231 #31A892 #9231A8

tetradic

#A89231 #31A857 #3147A8 #A83182

square

#A89231 #31A857 #3147A8 #A83182

split-complementary

#A89231 #3182A8 #5731A8

monochromatic

#494015 #796923 #A89231 #CBB34C #D8C77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A89231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A89231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A89231

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89231	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b16f',
    500: '#a89231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89231;
$custom-light: #c5b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66182,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89231

secondary

#7482C1

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89231

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

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