#A38B27#A38B27

#A38B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B27
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -1.66, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 53.45, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0102 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.118 95)
XYZ	xyz(24.7044, 26.3996, 5.7135)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B27 #273FA3

analogous

#A34D27 #A38B27 #7DA327

triadic

#A38B27 #27A38B #8B27A3

tetradic

#A38B27 #27A34D #273FA3 #A3277D

square

#A38B27 #27A34D #273FA3 #A3277D

split-complementary

#A38B27 #277DA3 #4D27A3

monochromatic

#40370F #72611B #A38B27 #CFB238 #DBC569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A38B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B27

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B27	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.118 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac69',
    500: '#a38b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b27;
$custom-light: #c2ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64099,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.26398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B27

secondary

#6476C1

accent

#63E443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B27

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

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