#A89B53#A89B53

#A89B53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.094 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89B53
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -5.12, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 39.50, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0152 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.094 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4320, 32.3931, 12.8841)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89B53 #5360A8

analogous

#A87153 #A89B53 #8BA853

triadic

#A89B53 #53A89B #9B53A8

tetradic

#A89B53 #53A871 #5360A8 #A8538B

square

#A89B53 #53A871 #5360A8 #A8538B

split-complementary

#A89B53 #538BA8 #7153A8

monochromatic

#564F2B #7F753F #A89B53 #BEB37B #D2CBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#A89B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#A89B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89B53

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89B53	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.094 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b885',
    500: '#a89b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89b53;
$custom-light: #c4b885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89B53

secondary

#989EBF

accent

#6ECA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89B53

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

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