#A38B2B#A38B2B

#A38B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B2B
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -1.47, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 51.92, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0092 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.115 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7742, 26.4276, 6.0812)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B2B #2B43A3

analogous

#A34F2B #A38B2B #7FA32B

triadic

#A38B2B #2BA38B #8B2BA3

tetradic

#A38B2B #2BA34F #2B43A3 #A32B7F

square

#A38B2B #2BA34F #2B43A3 #A32B7F

split-complementary

#A38B2B #2B7FA3 #4F2BA3

monochromatic

#423811 #73621E #A38B2B #CCB03F #D9C46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A38B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B2B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B2B	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6b',
    500: '#a38b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b2b;
$custom-light: #c2ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64129,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B2B

secondary

#6A7BC0

accent

#65E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B2B

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

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