#A38928#A38928

#A38928 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38928
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -0.51, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 52.53, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0068 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.116 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4343, 25.8325, 5.7062)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38928 #2842A3

analogous

#A34C28 #A38928 #80A328

triadic

#A38928 #28A389 #8928A3

tetradic

#A38928 #28A34C #2842A3 #A32880

square

#A38928 #28A34C #2842A3 #A32880

split-complementary

#A38928 #2880A3 #4C28A3

monochromatic

#413610 #72601C #A38928 #CFAF3A #DBC36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A38928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38928

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38928	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab69',
    500: '#a38928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38928;
$custom-light: #c2ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63677,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38928

secondary

#6679C1

accent

#66E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38928

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

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