#A38524#A38524

#A38524 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.116 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38524
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 77.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 1.53, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 53.02, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0014 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.116 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8116, 24.6905, 5.1803)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38524 #2442A3

analogous

#A34624 #A38524 #82A324

triadic

#A38524 #24A385 #8524A3

tetradic

#A38524 #24A346 #2442A3 #A32482

square

#A38524 #24A346 #2442A3 #A32482

split-complementary

#A38524 #2482A3 #4624A3

monochromatic

#3F330E #715C19 #A38524 #D2AC32 #DDC065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A38524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A38524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38524

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38524	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)

#958312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.116 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a867',
    500: '#a38524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38524;
$custom-light: #c2a867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62797,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38524

secondary

#6078C2

accent

#68E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38524

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

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