#A38B24#A38B24

#A38B24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B24
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 77.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -1.79, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 54.54, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0109 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.12 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6567, 26.3805, 5.4620)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B24 #243CA3

analogous

#A34B24 #A38B24 #7CA324

triadic

#A38B24 #24A38B #8B24A3

tetradic

#A38B24 #24A34B #243CA3 #A3247C

square

#A38B24 #24A34B #243CA3 #A3247C

split-complementary

#A38B24 #247CA3 #4B24A3

monochromatic

#3F360E #716019 #A38B24 #D2B432 #DDC665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A38B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A38B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B24

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B24	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac67',
    500: '#a38b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b24;
$custom-light: #c2ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 63.819,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B24

secondary

#6073C2

accent

#60E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B24

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

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