#A39227#A39227

#A39227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39227
RGB	rgb(163, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -5.48, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 55.51, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.021 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7506, 28.4920, 6.0622)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39227 #2738A3

analogous

#A35427 #A39227 #76A327

triadic

#A39227 #27A392 #9227A3

tetradic

#A39227 #27A354 #2738A3 #A32776

square

#A39227 #27A354 #2738A3 #A32776

split-complementary

#A39227 #2776A3 #5427A3

monochromatic

#403A0F #72661B #A39227 #CFBB38 #DBCC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A39227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#A39227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A39227

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39227	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b16a',
    500: '#a39227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39227;
$custom-light: #c2b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65617,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39227

secondary

#6471C1

accent

#59E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39227

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

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