#A39E40#A39E40

#A39E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A39E40
RGB	rgb(163, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -10.45, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 49.59, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0323 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.116 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2575, 32.6113, 9.6556)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A39E40 #4045A3

analogous

#A36D40 #A39E40 #76A340

triadic

#A39E40 #40A39E #9E40A3

tetradic

#A39E40 #40A36D #4045A3 #A34076

square

#A39E40 #40A36D #4045A3 #A34076

split-complementary

#A39E40 #4076A3 #6D40A3

monochromatic

#4B491D #77732F #A39E40 #C0BC60 #D2CE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#A39E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#A39E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A39E40

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A39E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A39E40	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a39e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ba79',
    500: '#a39e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a39e40;
$custom-light: #c1ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a39e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A39E40

secondary

#8285BD

accent

#5BD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A39E40

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

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