#A38A23#A38A23

#A38A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.119 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38A23
RGB	rgb(163, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 78.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -1.28, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 54.62, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0095 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.119 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4975, 26.0863, 5.3346)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38A23 #233CA3

analogous

#A34A23 #A38A23 #7CA323

triadic

#A38A23 #23A38A #8A23A3

tetradic

#A38A23 #23A34A #233CA3 #A3237C

square

#A38A23 #23A34A #233CA3 #A3237C

split-complementary

#A38A23 #237CA3 #4A23A3

monochromatic

#3E350D #715F18 #A38A23 #D3B331 #DDC663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A38A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A38A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38A23

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38A23	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.119 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab67',
    500: '#a38a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38a23;
$custom-light: #c2ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63858,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38A23

secondary

#5F73C3

accent

#61E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38A23

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

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