#A38833#A38833

#A38833 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.108 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38833
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 0.61, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 47.75, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0023 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.108 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5072, 25.6353, 6.7886)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38833 #334EA3

analogous

#A35033 #A38833 #86A333

triadic

#A38833 #33A388 #8833A3

tetradic

#A38833 #33A350 #334EA3 #A33386

square

#A38833 #33A350 #334EA3 #A33386

split-complementary

#A38833 #3386A3 #5033A3

monochromatic

#463A16 #746124 #A38833 #C7A94C #D6C07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A38833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A38833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38833

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38833	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.108 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa6f',
    500: '#a38833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38833;
$custom-light: #c2aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63555,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38833

secondary

#7386BE

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38833

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

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