#A89948#A89948

#A89948 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89948
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 57.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -5.00, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 44.15, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0161 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(28.7104, 31.5763, 10.7122)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89948 #4857A8

analogous

#A86948 #A89948 #87A848

triadic

#A89948 #48A899 #9948A8

tetradic

#A89948 #48A869 #4857A8 #A84887

square

#A89948 #48A869 #4857A8 #A84887

split-complementary

#A89948 #4887A8 #6948A8

monochromatic

#524B23 #7D7236 #A89948 #C0B36D #D3C998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#A89948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#A89948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89948

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89948	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b67e',
    500: '#a89948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89948;
$custom-light: #c4b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67926,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.31575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89948

secondary

#8D95BF

accent

#6BD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89948

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

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