#A89959#A89959

#A89959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89959
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -3.46, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 35.66, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0098 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.086 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3437, 31.8296, 14.0473)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89959 #5968A8

analogous

#A87259 #A89959 #8FA859

triadic

#A89959 #59A899 #9959A8

tetradic

#A89959 #59A872 #5968A8 #A8598F

square

#A89959 #59A872 #5968A8 #A8598F

split-complementary

#A89959 #598FA8 #7259A8

monochromatic

#58502E #807543 #A89959 #BDB281 #D2CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A89959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A89959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89959

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89959	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b689',
    500: '#a89959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89959;
$custom-light: #c3b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.08603,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89959

secondary

#9DA3C0

accent

#74C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89959

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

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