#A38B26#A38B26

#A38B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B26
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 76.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -1.70, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 53.82, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0104 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6881, 26.3931, 5.6274)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B26 #263EA3

analogous

#A34D26 #A38B26 #7DA326

triadic

#A38B26 #26A38B #8B26A3

tetradic

#A38B26 #26A34D #263EA3 #A3267D

square

#A38B26 #26A34D #263EA3 #A3267D

split-complementary

#A38B26 #267DA3 #4D26A3

monochromatic

#40360F #71611A #A38B26 #D0B336 #DCC568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A38B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B26

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B26	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#9A8813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac68',
    500: '#a38b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b26;
$custom-light: #c2ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64093,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B26

secondary

#6375C2

accent

#62E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B26

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

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