#A89955#A89955

#A89955 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.090 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89955
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -3.85, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 37.71, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0114 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.09 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1803, 31.7643, 13.1866)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89955 #5564A8

analogous

#A87055 #A89955 #8DA855

triadic

#A89955 #55A899 #9955A8

tetradic

#A89955 #55A870 #5564A8 #A8558D

square

#A89955 #55A870 #5564A8 #A8558D

split-complementary

#A89955 #558DA8 #7055A8

monochromatic

#574F2C #7F7440 #A89955 #BDB27D #D2CAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A89955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A89955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89955

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89955	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.090 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b686',
    500: '#a89955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89955;
$custom-light: #c4b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.681,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89955

secondary

#99A0BF

accent

#72C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89955

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

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