#A38B2C#A38B2C

#A38B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B2C
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 73%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -1.42, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 51.52, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.009 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7928, 26.4350, 6.1790)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B2C #2C44A3

analogous

#A34F2C #A38B2C #7FA32C

triadic

#A38B2C #2CA38B #8B2CA3

tetradic

#A38B2C #2CA34F #2C44A3 #A32C7F

square

#A38B2C #2CA34F #2C44A3 #A32C7F

split-complementary

#A38B2C #2C7FA3 #4F2CA3

monochromatic

#433912 #73621F #A38B2C #CCB041 #D9C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A38B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B2C

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B2C	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)

#9A881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6b',
    500: '#a38b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b2c;
$custom-light: #c2ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64136,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B2C

secondary

#6B7CC0

accent

#66E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B2C

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

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