#A38935#A38935

#A38935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38935
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 0.18, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 47.15, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0033 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.107 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6938, 25.9363, 7.0730)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38935 #354FA3

analogous

#A35235 #A38935 #86A335

triadic

#A38935 #35A389 #8935A3

tetradic

#A38935 #35A352 #354FA3 #A33586

square

#A38935 #35A352 #354FA3 #A33586

split-complementary

#A38935 #3586A3 #5235A3

monochromatic

#473B17 #756226 #A38935 #C6AA4F #D5C07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A38935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A38935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38935

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38935	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab70',
    500: '#a38935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38935;
$custom-light: #c1ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63787,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38935

secondary

#7687BE

accent

#6FDA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38935

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

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