#A89438#A89438

#A89438 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89438
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -3.43, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 49.77, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0136 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.113 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4534, 29.7915, 8.0449)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89438 #384CA8

analogous

#A85C38 #A89438 #84A838

triadic

#A89438 #38A894 #9438A8

tetradic

#A89438 #38A85C #384CA8 #A83884

square

#A89438 #38A85C #384CA8 #A83884

split-complementary

#A89438 #3884A8 #5C38A8

monochromatic

#4C4319 #7A6C29 #A89438 #C7B356 #D6C784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A89438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A89438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A89438

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89438	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b373',
    500: '#a89438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89438;
$custom-light: #c5b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66674,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89438

secondary

#7C88C0

accent

#67DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F5ED

border

#D1CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89438

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

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