#A38826#A38826

#A38826 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38826
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 76.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -0.05, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 53.02, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0057 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2596, 25.5362, 5.4845)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38826 #2641A3

analogous

#A34A26 #A38826 #80A326

triadic

#A38826 #26A388 #8826A3

tetradic

#A38826 #26A34A #2641A3 #A32680

square

#A38826 #26A34A #2641A3 #A32680

split-complementary

#A38826 #2680A3 #4A26A3

monochromatic

#40350F #715F1A #A38826 #D0AF36 #DCC368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A38826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38826

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38826	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)

#978614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa68',
    500: '#a38826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38826;
$custom-light: #c2aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.04,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38826

secondary

#6378C2

accent

#66E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38826

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →