#A38B2A#A38B2A

#A38B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B2A
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -1.52, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 52.31, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0095 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7561, 26.4203, 5.9857)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B2A #2A42A3

analogous

#A34E2A #A38B2A #7EA32A

triadic

#A38B2A #2AA38B #8B2AA3

tetradic

#A38B2A #2AA34E #2A42A3 #A32A7E

square

#A38B2A #2AA34E #2A42A3 #A32A7E

split-complementary

#A38B2A #2A7EA3 #4E2AA3

monochromatic

#423811 #72621D #A38B2A #CDB13D #DAC46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A38B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B2A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B2A	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)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6a',
    500: '#a38b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b2a;
$custom-light: #c2ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64121,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B2A

secondary

#687AC0

accent

#65E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B2A

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

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