#A38830#A38830

#A38830 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38830
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 0.44, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 49.04, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0031 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.11 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4432, 25.6097, 6.4514)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38830 #304BA3

analogous

#A34F30 #A38830 #85A330

triadic

#A38830 #30A388 #8830A3

tetradic

#A38830 #30A34F #304BA3 #A33085

square

#A38830 #30A34F #304BA3 #A33085

split-complementary

#A38830 #3085A3 #4F30A3

monochromatic

#443914 #746122 #A38830 #C9AA47 #D7C077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A38830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A38830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38830

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38830	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6d',
    500: '#a38830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38830;
$custom-light: #c2aa6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.913,
    "s": 54.502,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63527,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38830

secondary

#7082BF

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38830

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

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