#A38836#A38836

#A38836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38836
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 0.80, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 46.42, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0014 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.105 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5755, 25.6626, 7.1483)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38836 #3651A3

analogous

#A35236 #A38836 #87A336

triadic

#A38836 #36A388 #8836A3

tetradic

#A38836 #36A352 #3651A3 #A33687

square

#A38836 #36A352 #3651A3 #A33687

split-complementary

#A38836 #3687A3 #5236A3

monochromatic

#473B18 #756227 #A38836 #C5A851 #D5BF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A38836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A38836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38836

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38836	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#97862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa71',
    500: '#a38836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38836;
$custom-light: #c1aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63584,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38836

secondary

#7789BE

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38836

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

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