#A38929#A38929

#A38929 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38929
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -0.47, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 52.15, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0066 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4515, 25.8394, 5.7970)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38929 #2943A3

analogous

#A34C29 #A38929 #80A329

triadic

#A38929 #29A389 #8929A3

tetradic

#A38929 #29A34C #2943A3 #A32980

square

#A38929 #29A34C #2943A3 #A32980

split-complementary

#A38929 #2980A3 #4C29A3

monochromatic

#413710 #72601D #A38929 #CEAF3B #DAC36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A38929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38929

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38929	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#988719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6a',
    500: '#a38929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38929;
$custom-light: #c2ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63684,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38929

secondary

#677AC1

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38929

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

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