#A38E25#A38E25

#A38E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E25
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -3.39, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 55.02, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0153 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1125, 27.2674, 5.6903)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E25 #253AA3

analogous

#A34F25 #A38E25 #79A325

triadic

#A38E25 #25A38E #8E25A3

tetradic

#A38E25 #25A34F #253AA3 #A32579

square

#A38E25 #25A34F #253AA3 #A32579

split-complementary

#A38E25 #2579A3 #4F25A3

monochromatic

#3F370E #71631A #A38E25 #D1B734 #DCC966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A38E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E25

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E25	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae68',
    500: '#a38e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e25;
$custom-light: #c2ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64734,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E25

secondary

#6272C2

accent

#5DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E25

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

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