#A38924#A38924

#A38924 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.118 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38924
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -0.69, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 54.01, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0077 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.118 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3697, 25.8067, 5.3663)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38924 #243EA3

analogous

#A34A24 #A38924 #7EA324

triadic

#A38924 #24A389 #8924A3

tetradic

#A38924 #24A34A #243EA3 #A3247E

square

#A38924 #24A34A #243EA3 #A3247E

split-complementary

#A38924 #247EA3 #4A24A3

monochromatic

#3F350E #715F19 #A38924 #D2B132 #DDC465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A38924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38924

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38924	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)

#988710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.118 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab67',
    500: '#a38924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38924;
$custom-light: #c2ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6365,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38924

secondary

#6074C2

accent

#63E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38924

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

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