#A38829#A38829

#A38829 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.115 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38829
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 0.08, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 51.89, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.005 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.115 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3100, 25.5564, 5.7498)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38829 #2944A3

analogous

#A34B29 #A38829 #81A329

triadic

#A38829 #29A388 #8829A3

tetradic

#A38829 #29A34B #2944A3 #A32981

square

#A38829 #29A34B #2944A3 #A32981

split-complementary

#A38829 #2981A3 #4B29A3

monochromatic

#413610 #725F1D #A38829 #CEAD3B #DAC26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A38829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A38829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38829

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38829	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)

#97861A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.115 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6a',
    500: '#a38829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38829;
$custom-light: #c2aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63471,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38829

secondary

#677BC1

accent

#68E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38829

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

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