#A89B38#A89B38

#A89B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89B38
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -7.20, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 52.16, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0243 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5848, 32.0542, 8.4220)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89B38 #3845A8

analogous

#A86338 #A89B38 #7DA838

triadic

#A89B38 #38A89B #9B38A8

tetradic

#A89B38 #38A863 #3845A8 #A8387D

square

#A89B38 #38A863 #3845A8 #A8387D

split-complementary

#A89B38 #387DA8 #6338A8

monochromatic

#4C4619 #7A7129 #A89B38 #C7BA56 #D6CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A89B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#A89B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89B38

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89B38	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b874',
    500: '#a89b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89b38;
$custom-light: #c5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68192,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89B38

secondary

#7C84C0

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89B38

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

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