#A38427#A38427

#A38427 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.114 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38427
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 2.21, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 51.67, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.0009 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.114 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7231, 24.4371, 5.3864)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38427 #2746A3

analogous

#A34627 #A38427 #84A327

triadic

#A38427 #27A384 #8427A3

tetradic

#A38427 #27A346 #2746A3 #A32784

square

#A38427 #27A346 #2746A3 #A32784

split-complementary

#A38427 #2784A3 #4627A3

monochromatic

#40340F #725C1B #A38427 #CFA938 #DBBF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A38427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A38427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38427

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38427	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.114 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a768',
    500: '#a38427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38427;
$custom-light: #c2a768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62606,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38427

secondary

#647CC1

accent

#6CE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38427

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

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