#A89922#A89922

#A89922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.131 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89922
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -7.19, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 59.70, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0266 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.131 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8298, 31.2241, 6.0740)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89922 #2231A8

analogous

#A85622 #A89922 #74A822

triadic

#A89922 #22A899 #9922A8

tetradic

#A89922 #22A856 #2231A8 #A82274

square

#A89922 #22A856 #2231A8 #A82274

split-complementary

#A89922 #2274A8 #5622A8

monochromatic

#423C0D #756B18 #A89922 #D5C332 #E0D265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A89922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A89922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89922

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89922	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.131 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b668',
    500: '#a89922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89922;
$custom-light: #c6b668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67597,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89922

secondary

#616CC5

accent

#52E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89922

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

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