#A38824#A38824

#A38824 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38824
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 77.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -0.14, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 53.75, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0062 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.118 93)
XYZ	xyz(24.2282, 25.5237, 5.3192)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38824 #243FA3

analogous

#A34924 #A38824 #7FA324

triadic

#A38824 #24A388 #8824A3

tetradic

#A38824 #24A349 #243FA3 #A3247F

square

#A38824 #24A349 #243FA3 #A3247F

split-complementary

#A38824 #247FA3 #4924A3

monochromatic

#3F340E #715E19 #A38824 #D2B032 #DDC365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A38824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38824

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38824	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)

#978610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa67',
    500: '#a38824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38824;
$custom-light: #c2aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63436,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.25522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38824

secondary

#6075C2

accent

#64E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38824

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

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