#A89D23#A89D23

#A89D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.134 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89D23
RGB	rgb(168, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -9.28, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 60.65, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0324 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.134 104)
XYZ	xyz(28.5101, 32.5613, 6.3730)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89D23 #232EA8

analogous

#A85B23 #A89D23 #70A823

triadic

#A89D23 #23A89D #9D23A8

tetradic

#A89D23 #23A85B #232EA8 #A82370

square

#A89D23 #23A85B #232EA8 #A82370

split-complementary

#A89D23 #2370A8 #5B23A8

monochromatic

#433E0E #756E18 #A89D23 #D5C734 #DFD566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#A89D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#A89D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89D23

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89D23	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.134 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b969',
    500: '#a89d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89d23;
$custom-light: #c6b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6848,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.3256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89D23

secondary

#626AC5

accent

#4DE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89D23

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

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