#A38623#A38623

#A38623 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38623
RGB	rgb(163, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 0.93, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 53.62, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0032 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.117 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9341, 24.9596, 5.1468)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38623 #2340A3

analogous

#A34623 #A38623 #80A323

triadic

#A38623 #23A386 #8623A3

tetradic

#A38623 #23A346 #2340A3 #A32380

square

#A38623 #23A346 #2340A3 #A32380

split-complementary

#A38623 #2380A3 #4623A3

monochromatic

#3E330D #715D18 #A38623 #D3AE31 #DDC263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A38623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#A38623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38623

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38623	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#96840F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.117 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a866',
    500: '#a38623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38623;
$custom-light: #c2a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63003,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38623

secondary

#5F76C3

accent

#66E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38623

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

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