#A38A25#A38A25

#A38A25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38A25
RGB	rgb(163, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 77.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -1.20, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 53.91, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0091 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.118 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5280, 26.0985, 5.4955)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38A25 #253EA3

analogous

#A34B25 #A38A25 #7DA325

triadic

#A38A25 #25A38A #8A25A3

tetradic

#A38A25 #25A34B #253EA3 #A3257D

square

#A38A25 #25A34B #253EA3 #A3257D

split-complementary

#A38A25 #257DA3 #4B25A3

monochromatic

#3F360E #71601A #A38A25 #D1B234 #DCC566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A38A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A38A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38A25

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38A25	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)

#998711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab68',
    500: '#a38a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38a25;
$custom-light: #c2ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63871,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38A25

secondary

#6275C2

accent

#62E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38A25

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

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