#A89E2B#A89E2B
#A89E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A89E2B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 158, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 59%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 74%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.4%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.12, -9.48, 57.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.12, 58.31, 99.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.75% -0.0322 0.1267) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.75% 0.131 104.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8126, 32.9541, 7.1281) |
| Luminance | 0.3295 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.75
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.94
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.37
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.44
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.95
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A89E2B #2B35A8
analogous
#A8602B #A89E2B #74A82B
triadic
#A89E2B #2BA89E #9E2BA8
tetradic
#A89E2B #2BA860 #2B35A8 #A82B74
square
#A89E2B #2BA860 #2B35A8 #A82B74
split-complementary
#A89E2B #2B74A8 #602BA8
monochromatic
#474212 #77701F #A89E2B #CFC342 #DBD372
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.77
#A89E2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.59
#A89E2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A89E2B
7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A89E2B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A89E2B | 1.00 | 2.77 | 7.59 | 7.59 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.59 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9815
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B59388
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a89e2b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 104.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5ba6d',
500: '#a89e2b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a89e2b; $custom-light: #c5ba6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a89e2b",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 158,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.2,
"s": 59.242,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68748,
"c": 0.13075,
"h": 104.3
},
"luminance": 0.32953
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A89E2B
secondary
#6C73C2
accent
#52E245
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A