#A38424#A38424

#A38424 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38424
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 2.08, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 52.79, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0001 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.115 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6754, 24.4180, 5.1349)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38424 #2443A3

analogous

#A34524 #A38424 #83A324

triadic

#A38424 #24A384 #8424A3

tetradic

#A38424 #24A345 #2443A3 #A32483

square

#A38424 #24A345 #2443A3 #A32483

split-complementary

#A38424 #2483A3 #4524A3

monochromatic

#3F330E #715B19 #A38424 #D2AB32 #DDC065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A38424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A38424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38424

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38424	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)

#948312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a766',
    500: '#a38424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38424;
$custom-light: #c2a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62585,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38424

secondary

#6078C2

accent

#69E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38424

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

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