#A38930#A38930

#A38930 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.111 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38930
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -0.11, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 49.31, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0047 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.111 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5847, 25.8927, 6.4986)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38930 #304AA3

analogous

#A35030 #A38930 #84A330

triadic

#A38930 #30A389 #8930A3

tetradic

#A38930 #30A350 #304AA3 #A33084

square

#A38930 #30A350 #304AA3 #A33084

split-complementary

#A38930 #3084A3 #5030A3

monochromatic

#443A14 #746122 #A38930 #C9AC47 #D7C177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A38930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38930

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38930	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.111 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6d',
    500: '#a38930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38930;
$custom-light: #c2ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 54.502,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38930

secondary

#7082BF

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38930

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

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