#A38936#A38936

#A38936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38936
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 0.24, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 46.70, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.003 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.106 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7170, 25.9456, 7.1954)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38936 #3650A3

analogous

#A35336 #A38936 #86A336

triadic

#A38936 #36A389 #8936A3

tetradic

#A38936 #36A353 #3650A3 #A33686

square

#A38936 #36A353 #3650A3 #A33686

split-complementary

#A38936 #3686A3 #5336A3

monochromatic

#473C18 #756227 #A38936 #C5AA51 #D5C07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A38936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A38936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38936

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38936	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab71',
    500: '#a38936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38936;
$custom-light: #c1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38936

secondary

#7788BE

accent

#6FDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38936

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

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