#A89837#A89837

#A89837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89837
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, -5.65, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 51.53, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.02 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.117 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0675, 31.0584, 8.1301)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89837 #3747A8

analogous

#A85F37 #A89837 #7FA837

triadic

#A89837 #37A898 #9837A8

tetradic

#A89837 #37A85F #3747A8 #A8377F

square

#A89837 #37A85F #3747A8 #A8377F

split-complementary

#A89837 #377FA8 #5F37A8

monochromatic

#4C4519 #7A6E28 #A89837 #C7B755 #D6CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#A89837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#A89837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89837

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89837	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b673',
    500: '#a89837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89837;
$custom-light: #c5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6753,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89837

secondary

#7B85C0

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89837

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

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