#A38522#A38522

#A38522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.117 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38522
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 79.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 1.44, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 53.74, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0019 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.117 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7819, 24.6786, 5.0239)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38522 #2240A3

analogous

#A34522 #A38522 #80A322

triadic

#A38522 #22A385 #8522A3

tetradic

#A38522 #22A345 #2240A3 #A32280

square

#A38522 #22A345 #2240A3 #A32280

split-complementary

#A38522 #2280A3 #4522A3

monochromatic

#3E320D #705C17 #A38522 #D4AD2F #DEC161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A38522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A38522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38522

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38522	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.117 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a866',
    500: '#a38522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38522;
$custom-light: #c2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62784,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38522

secondary

#5E75C3

accent

#67E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38522

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

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