#A38828#A38828

#A38828 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38828
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 0.04, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 52.27, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0052 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.115 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2928, 25.5495, 5.6591)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38828 #2843A3

analogous

#A34A28 #A38828 #81A328

triadic

#A38828 #28A388 #8828A3

tetradic

#A38828 #28A34A #2843A3 #A32881

square

#A38828 #28A34A #2843A3 #A32881

split-complementary

#A38828 #2881A3 #4A28A3

monochromatic

#413610 #725F1C #A38828 #CFAE3A #DBC26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A38828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38828

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38828	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)

#978618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa69',
    500: '#a38828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38828;
$custom-light: #c2aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63463,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38828

secondary

#667AC1

accent

#67E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38828

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

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