#A89B23#A89B23

#A89B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89B23
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -8.22, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 60.01, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0294 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1745, 31.8901, 6.2611)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89B23 #2330A8

analogous

#A85823 #A89B23 #73A823

triadic

#A89B23 #23A89B #9B23A8

tetradic

#A89B23 #23A858 #2330A8 #A82373

square

#A89B23 #23A858 #2330A8 #A82373

split-complementary

#A89B23 #2373A8 #5823A8

monochromatic

#433E0E #756C18 #A89B23 #D5C534 #DFD366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A89B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#A89B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89B23

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89B23	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b869',
    500: '#a89b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89b23;
$custom-light: #c6b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89B23

secondary

#626CC5

accent

#50E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89B23

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

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