#A38B28#A38B28

#A38B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B28
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -1.62, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 53.08, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.01 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.117 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7212, 26.4064, 5.8019)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B28 #2840A3

analogous

#A34E28 #A38B28 #7DA328

triadic

#A38B28 #28A38B #8B28A3

tetradic

#A38B28 #28A34E #2840A3 #A3287D

square

#A38B28 #28A34E #2840A3 #A3287D

split-complementary

#A38B28 #287DA3 #4E28A3

monochromatic

#413710 #72611C #A38B28 #CFB23A #DBC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A38B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B28

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B28	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)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac69',
    500: '#a38b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b28;
$custom-light: #c2ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64106,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B28

secondary

#6678C1

accent

#63E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B28

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

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