#A38923#A38923

#A38923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38923
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -0.73, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 54.36, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.008 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.119 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3547, 25.8006, 5.2870)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38923 #233DA3

analogous

#A34923 #A38923 #7DA323

triadic

#A38923 #23A389 #8923A3

tetradic

#A38923 #23A349 #233DA3 #A3237D

square

#A38923 #23A349 #233DA3 #A3237D

split-complementary

#A38923 #237DA3 #4923A3

monochromatic

#3E340D #715F18 #A38923 #D3B231 #DDC563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A38923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38923

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38923	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab67',
    500: '#a38923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38923;
$custom-light: #c2ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38923

secondary

#5F73C3

accent

#62E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38923

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

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