#A39738#A39738

#A39738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39738
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -7.26, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 50.41, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0242 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8858, 30.2064, 8.1548)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39738 #3844A3

analogous

#A36138 #A39738 #79A338

triadic

#A39738 #38A397 #9738A3

tetradic

#A39738 #38A361 #3844A3 #A33879

square

#A39738 #38A361 #3844A3 #A33879

split-complementary

#A39738 #3879A3 #6138A3

monochromatic

#484319 #756D28 #A39738 #C4B854 #D4CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A39738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A39738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39738

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39738	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b573',
    500: '#a39738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39738;
$custom-light: #c1b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66848,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39738

secondary

#7981BD

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39738

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

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