#A38523#A38523

#A38523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38523
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 1.49, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 53.38, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0017 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.116 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7966, 24.6844, 5.1010)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38523 #2341A3

analogous

#A34523 #A38523 #81A323

triadic

#A38523 #23A385 #8523A3

tetradic

#A38523 #23A345 #2341A3 #A32381

square

#A38523 #23A345 #2341A3 #A32381

split-complementary

#A38523 #2381A3 #4523A3

monochromatic

#3E330D #715C18 #A38523 #D3AD31 #DDC163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A38523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A38523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38523

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38523	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)

#95830F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a866',
    500: '#a38523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38523;
$custom-light: #c2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6279,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38523

secondary

#5F76C3

accent

#67E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38523

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

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