#A89D40#A89D40

#A89D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.114 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89D40
RGB	rgb(168, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -7.74, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 49.39, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0249 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.114 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1319, 32.8101, 9.6479)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89D40 #404BA8

analogous

#A86940 #A89D40 #7FA840

triadic

#A89D40 #40A89D #9D40A8

tetradic

#A89D40 #40A869 #404BA8 #A8407F

square

#A89D40 #40A869 #404BA8 #A8407F

split-complementary

#A89D40 #407FA8 #6940A8

monochromatic

#4F4A1E #7C742F #A89D40 #C3B962 #D4CD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A89D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A89D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89D40

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89D40	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.114 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b979',
    500: '#a89d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89d40;
$custom-light: #c4b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89D40

secondary

#858BBF

accent

#61D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89D40

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

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