#A38527#A38527

#A38527 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.114 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38527
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 1.66, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 51.90, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0007 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.114 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8594, 24.7096, 5.4318)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38527 #2745A3

analogous

#A34727 #A38527 #83A327

triadic

#A38527 #27A385 #8527A3

tetradic

#A38527 #27A347 #2745A3 #A32783

square

#A38527 #27A347 #2745A3 #A32783

split-complementary

#A38527 #2783A3 #4727A3

monochromatic

#40340F #725D1B #A38527 #CFAB38 #DBC069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A38527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A38527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38527

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38527	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#958317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.114 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a868',
    500: '#a38527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38527;
$custom-light: #c2a868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62818,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38527

secondary

#647BC1

accent

#6AE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38527

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

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