#A38927#A38927

#A38927 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.117 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38927
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -0.56, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 52.91, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0071 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.117 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4175, 25.8258, 5.6178)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38927 #2741A3

analogous

#A34B27 #A38927 #7FA327

triadic

#A38927 #27A389 #8927A3

tetradic

#A38927 #27A34B #2741A3 #A3277F

square

#A38927 #27A34B #2741A3 #A3277F

split-complementary

#A38927 #277FA3 #4B27A3

monochromatic

#40360F #725F1B #A38927 #CFB038 #DBC369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A38927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38927

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38927	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)

#988716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.117 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab69',
    500: '#a38927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38927;
$custom-light: #c2ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6367,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38927

secondary

#6478C1

accent

#65E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38927

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

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