#A38932#A38932

#A38932 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38932
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 0.00, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 48.46, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0042 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.109 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6269, 25.9095, 6.7209)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38932 #324CA3

analogous

#A35132 #A38932 #85A332

triadic

#A38932 #32A389 #8932A3

tetradic

#A38932 #32A351 #324CA3 #A33285

square

#A38932 #32A351 #324CA3 #A33285

split-complementary

#A38932 #3285A3 #5132A3

monochromatic

#453A15 #746224 #A38932 #C8AB4B #D6C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A38932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38932

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38932	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)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab6f',
    500: '#a38932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38932;
$custom-light: #c2ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.195,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63759,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38932

secondary

#7284BF

accent

#6DDC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38932

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

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