#A89E23#A89E23

#A89E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.135 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89E23
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -9.81, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 60.98, 99.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0339 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6800, 32.9011, 6.4296)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89E23 #232DA8

analogous

#A85C23 #A89E23 #6FA823

triadic

#A89E23 #23A89E #9E23A8

tetradic

#A89E23 #23A85C #232DA8 #A8236F

square

#A89E23 #23A85C #232DA8 #A8236F

split-complementary

#A89E23 #236FA8 #5C23A8

monochromatic

#433F0E #756E18 #A89E23 #D5C934 #DFD666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A89E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A89E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89E23

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89E23	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba69',
    500: '#a89e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89e23;
$custom-light: #c6ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.687,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89E23

secondary

#6269C5

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89E23

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

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