#A38622#A38622

#A38622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38622
RGB	rgb(163, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 79.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 0.89, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 53.97, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0035 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.118 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9195, 24.9537, 5.0698)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38622 #223FA3

analogous

#A34622 #A38622 #7FA322

triadic

#A38622 #22A386 #8622A3

tetradic

#A38622 #22A346 #223FA3 #A3227F

square

#A38622 #22A346 #223FA3 #A3227F

split-complementary

#A38622 #227FA3 #4622A3

monochromatic

#3E330D #705C17 #A38622 #D4AE2F #DEC261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A38622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#A38622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38622

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38622	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a866',
    500: '#a38622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38622;
$custom-light: #c2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62997,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38622

secondary

#5E74C3

accent

#65E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38622

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

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