#A89B31#A89B31

#A89B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89B31
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -7.59, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 55.03, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0262 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4254, 31.9905, 7.5826)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89B31 #313EA8

analogous

#A85F31 #A89B31 #7AA831

triadic

#A89B31 #31A89B #9B31A8

tetradic

#A89B31 #31A85F #313EA8 #A8317A

square

#A89B31 #31A85F #313EA8 #A8317A

split-complementary

#A89B31 #317AA8 #5F31A8

monochromatic

#494415 #796F23 #A89B31 #CBBD4C #D8CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#A89B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#A89B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89B31

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89B31	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b870',
    500: '#a89b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89b31;
$custom-light: #c5b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68133,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89B31

secondary

#747CC1

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89B31

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

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