#A89D38#A89D38

#A89D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89D38
RGB	rgb(168, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -8.26, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 52.88, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0274 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.121 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9204, 32.7254, 8.5339)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89D38 #3843A8

analogous

#A86538 #A89D38 #7BA838

triadic

#A89D38 #38A89D #9D38A8

tetradic

#A89D38 #38A865 #3843A8 #A8387B

square

#A89D38 #38A865 #3843A8 #A8387B

split-complementary

#A89D38 #387BA8 #6538A8

monochromatic

#4C4719 #7A7229 #A89D38 #C7BC56 #D6CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A89D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#A89D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89D38

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89D38	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b974',
    500: '#a89d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89d38;
$custom-light: #c5b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68629,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89D38

secondary

#7C83C0

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89D38

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

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