#A38837#A38837

#A38837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38837
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 0.86, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 45.97, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0011 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.105 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5992, 25.6721, 7.2732)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38837 #3752A3

analogous

#A35237 #A38837 #88A337

triadic

#A38837 #37A388 #8837A3

tetradic

#A38837 #37A352 #3752A3 #A33788

square

#A38837 #37A352 #3752A3 #A33788

split-complementary

#A38837 #3788A3 #5237A3

monochromatic

#473C18 #756228 #A38837 #C5A852 #D4BF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A38837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A38837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38837

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38837	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)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa72',
    500: '#a38837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38837;
$custom-light: #c1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63594,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38837

secondary

#788ABE

accent

#71D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38837

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

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