#A89B59#A89B59

#A89B59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.088 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89B59
RGB	rgb(168, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -4.54, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 36.45, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0129 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.088 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6738, 32.4898, 14.1573)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89B59 #5966A8

analogous

#A87459 #A89B59 #8DA859

triadic

#A89B59 #59A89B #9B59A8

tetradic

#A89B59 #59A874 #5966A8 #A8598D

square

#A89B59 #59A874 #5966A8 #A8598D

split-complementary

#A89B59 #598DA8 #7459A8

monochromatic

#58512E #807643 #A89B59 #BDB381 #D2CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A89B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#A89B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89B59

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89B59	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.088 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b889',
    500: '#a89b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89b59;
$custom-light: #c3b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.127,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68591,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89B59

secondary

#9DA3C0

accent

#71C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89B59

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

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