#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
RGBrgb(168, 156, 64)
HSLhsl(53, 45%, 45%)
HSVhsv(53, 62%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.1%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(63.73, -7.21, 48.48)
CIE-LCHlch(63.73, 49.01, 98.46°)
OKLaboklab(68.49% -0.0234 0.1111)
OKLCHoklch(68.49% 0.114 101.9)
XYZxyz(28.9634, 32.4731, 9.5918)
Luminance0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A89C401.002.807.497.49
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

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

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#A89C40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva