#A38835#A38835

#A38835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38835
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 0.73, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 46.87, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0017 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.106 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5523, 25.6533, 7.0258)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38835 #3550A3

analogous

#A35135 #A38835 #87A335

triadic

#A38835 #35A388 #8835A3

tetradic

#A38835 #35A351 #3550A3 #A33587

square

#A38835 #35A351 #3550A3 #A33587

split-complementary

#A38835 #3587A3 #5135A3

monochromatic

#473B17 #756126 #A38835 #C6A94F #D5BF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A38835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A38835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38835

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38835	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)

#97862B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa70',
    500: '#a38835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38835;
$custom-light: #c1aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63574,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38835

secondary

#7688BE

accent

#70DA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38835

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

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