#A89950#A89950

#A89950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89950
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -4.32, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 40.22, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0132 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.096 98)
XYZ	xyz(28.9886, 31.6876, 12.1772)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89950 #505FA8

analogous

#A86D50 #A89950 #8BA850

triadic

#A89950 #50A899 #9950A8

tetradic

#A89950 #50A86D #505FA8 #A8508B

square

#A89950 #50A86D #505FA8 #A8508B

split-complementary

#A89950 #508BA8 #6D50A8

monochromatic

#554D29 #7F733C #A89950 #BEB277 #D2CAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A89950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#A89950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89950

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89950	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b683',
    500: '#a89950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89950;
$custom-light: #c4b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.31686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89950

secondary

#959CBF

accent

#6FCC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89950

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

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