#A38825#A38825

#A38825 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38825
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 77.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -0.09, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 53.39, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.006 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.117 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2437, 25.5299, 5.4007)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38825 #2540A3

analogous

#A34925 #A38825 #7FA325

triadic

#A38825 #25A388 #8825A3

tetradic

#A38825 #25A349 #2540A3 #A3257F

square

#A38825 #25A349 #2540A3 #A3257F

split-complementary

#A38825 #257FA3 #4925A3

monochromatic

#3F350E #715E1A #A38825 #D1AF34 #DCC366

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A38825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38825

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38825	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa67',
    500: '#a38825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38825;
$custom-light: #c2aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38825

secondary

#6276C2

accent

#65E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38825

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

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