#A89940#A89940

#A89940 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89940
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -5.60, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 47.90, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0188 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4662, 31.4787, 9.4260)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89940 #404FA8

analogous

#A86540 #A89940 #83A840

triadic

#A89940 #40A899 #9940A8

tetradic

#A89940 #40A865 #404FA8 #A84083

square

#A89940 #40A865 #404FA8 #A84083

split-complementary

#A89940 #4083A8 #6540A8

monochromatic

#4F481E #7C712F #A89940 #C3B562 #D4CA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A89940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#A89940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89940

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89940	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b678',
    500: '#a89940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89940;
$custom-light: #c5b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67835,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89940

secondary

#858DBF

accent

#66D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89940

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

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