#A38823#A38823

#A38823 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38823
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -0.18, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 54.11, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0064 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.118 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2132, 25.5176, 5.2398)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38823 #233EA3

analogous

#A34823 #A38823 #7EA323

triadic

#A38823 #23A388 #8823A3

tetradic

#A38823 #23A348 #233EA3 #A3237E

square

#A38823 #23A348 #233EA3 #A3237E

split-complementary

#A38823 #237EA3 #4823A3

monochromatic

#3E340D #715E18 #A38823 #D3B031 #DDC463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A38823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38823

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38823	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa66',
    500: '#a38823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38823;
$custom-light: #c2aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63429,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38823

secondary

#5F74C3

accent

#63E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38823

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

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