#A38E26#A38E26

#A38E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.121 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E26
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 76.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -3.35, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 54.66, 93.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0151 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.121 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1284, 27.2738, 5.7741)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E26 #263BA3

analogous

#A35026 #A38E26 #7AA326

triadic

#A38E26 #26A38E #8E26A3

tetradic

#A38E26 #26A350 #263BA3 #A3267A

square

#A38E26 #26A350 #263BA3 #A3267A

split-complementary

#A38E26 #267AA3 #5026A3

monochromatic

#40380F #71631A #A38E26 #D0B636 #DCC868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A38E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E26

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E26	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)

#9D8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.121 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae69',
    500: '#a38e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e26;
$custom-light: #c2ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6474,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E26

secondary

#6373C2

accent

#5EE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E26

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

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