#A89937#A89937

#A89937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89937
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -6.18, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 51.88, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0216 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2305, 31.3844, 8.1845)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89937 #3746A8

analogous

#A86037 #A89937 #7EA837

triadic

#A89937 #37A899 #9937A8

tetradic

#A89937 #37A860 #3746A8 #A8377E

square

#A89937 #37A860 #3746A8 #A8377E

split-complementary

#A89937 #377EA8 #6037A8

monochromatic

#4C4519 #7A6F28 #A89937 #C7B855 #D6CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A89937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A89937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89937

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89937	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b673',
    500: '#a89937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89937;
$custom-light: #c5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67747,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89937

secondary

#7B84C0

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89937

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

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