#A89F38#A89F38

#A89F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89F38
RGB	rgb(168, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -9.32, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 53.62, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0304 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.123 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2615, 33.4077, 8.6476)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89F38 #3841A8

analogous

#A86738 #A89F38 #79A838

triadic

#A89F38 #38A89F #9F38A8

tetradic

#A89F38 #38A867 #3841A8 #A83879

square

#A89F38 #38A867 #3841A8 #A83879

split-complementary

#A89F38 #3879A8 #6738A8

monochromatic

#4C4819 #7A7429 #A89F38 #C7BE56 #D6D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#A89F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#A89F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89F38

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89F38	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb74',
    500: '#a89f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89f38;
$custom-light: #c5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69067,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89F38

secondary

#7C81C0

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89F38

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

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