#A38D26#A38D26

#A38D26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.120 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D26
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 76.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -2.80, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 54.38, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0135 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.12 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9803, 26.9776, 5.7248)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D26 #263CA3

analogous

#A34F26 #A38D26 #7BA326

triadic

#A38D26 #26A38D #8D26A3

tetradic

#A38D26 #26A34F #263CA3 #A3267B

square

#A38D26 #26A34F #263CA3 #A3267B

split-complementary

#A38D26 #267BA3 #4F26A3

monochromatic

#40370F #71621A #A38D26 #D0B536 #DCC768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A38D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D26

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D26	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.120 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae69',
    500: '#a38d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d26;
$custom-light: #c2ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64524,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D26

secondary

#6374C2

accent

#5FE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D26

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

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