#A38422#A38422

#A38422 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38422
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 2.00, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 53.51, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0003 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.116 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6457, 24.4061, 4.9785)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38422 #2241A3

analogous

#A34322 #A38422 #81A322

triadic

#A38422 #22A384 #8422A3

tetradic

#A38422 #22A343 #2241A3 #A32281

square

#A38422 #22A343 #2241A3 #A32281

split-complementary

#A38422 #2281A3 #4322A3

monochromatic

#3E320D #705B17 #A38422 #D4AC2F #DEC061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A38422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A38422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38422

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38422	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a765',
    500: '#a38422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38422;
$custom-light: #c2a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62572,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38422

secondary

#5E76C3

accent

#68E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38422

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

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