#A89C40#A89C40

#A89C40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89C40
RGB	rgb(168, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -7.21, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 49.01, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0234 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9634, 32.4731, 9.5918)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89C40 #404CA8

analogous

#A86840 #A89C40 #80A840

triadic

#A89C40 #40A89C #9C40A8

tetradic

#A89C40 #40A868 #404CA8 #A84080

square

#A89C40 #40A868 #404CA8 #A84080

split-complementary

#A89C40 #4080A8 #6840A8

monochromatic

#4F4A1E #7C732F #A89C40 #C3B862 #D4CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A89C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#A89C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89C40

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89C40	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b879',
    500: '#a89c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89c40;
$custom-light: #c4b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89C40

secondary

#858BBF

accent

#62D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89C40

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

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