#A38827#A38827

#A38827 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38827
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -0.01, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 52.65, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0055 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.116 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2760, 25.5428, 5.5707)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38827 #2742A3

analogous

#A34A27 #A38827 #80A327

triadic

#A38827 #27A388 #8827A3

tetradic

#A38827 #27A34A #2742A3 #A32780

square

#A38827 #27A34A #2742A3 #A32780

split-complementary

#A38827 #2780A3 #4A27A3

monochromatic

#40360F #725F1B #A38827 #CFAE38 #DBC269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A38827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38827

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38827	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)

#978616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa68',
    500: '#a38827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38827;
$custom-light: #c2aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63456,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38827

secondary

#6479C1

accent

#66E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38827

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

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