#A38B2F#A38B2F

#A38B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.113 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B2F
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -1.27, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 50.30, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0082 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.113 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8512, 26.4584, 6.4868)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B2F #2F47A3

analogous

#A3512F #A38B2F #81A32F

triadic

#A38B2F #2FA38B #8B2FA3

tetradic

#A38B2F #2FA351 #2F47A3 #A32F81

square

#A38B2F #2FA351 #2F47A3 #A32F81

split-complementary

#A38B2F #2F81A3 #512FA3

monochromatic

#443A14 #736221 #A38B2F #CAAE46 #D7C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A38B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#A38B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B2F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B2F	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)

#9A8822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.113 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6d',
    500: '#a38b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b2f;
$custom-light: #c2ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64161,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B2F

secondary

#6F7FBF

accent

#68DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B2F

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

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