#A89C23#A89C23

#A89C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89C23
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -8.75, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 60.33, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0309 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3416, 32.2243, 6.3168)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89C23 #232FA8

analogous

#A85923 #A89C23 #72A823

triadic

#A89C23 #23A89C #9C23A8

tetradic

#A89C23 #23A859 #232FA8 #A82372

square

#A89C23 #23A859 #232FA8 #A82372

split-complementary

#A89C23 #2372A8 #5923A8

monochromatic

#433E0E #756D18 #A89C23 #D5C634 #DFD466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A89C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#A89C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89C23

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89C23	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b869',
    500: '#a89c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89c23;
$custom-light: #c6b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6826,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89C23

secondary

#626BC5

accent

#4FE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89C23

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

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