#A38B33#A38B33

#A38B33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.110 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B33
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -1.04, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 48.60, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.007 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.11 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9357, 26.4921, 6.9314)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B33 #334BA3

analogous

#A35333 #A38B33 #83A333

triadic

#A38B33 #33A38B #8B33A3

tetradic

#A38B33 #33A353 #334BA3 #A33383

square

#A38B33 #33A353 #334BA3 #A33383

split-complementary

#A38B33 #3383A3 #5333A3

monochromatic

#463B16 #746324 #A38B33 #C7AD4C #D6C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A38B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A38B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B33

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B33	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.110 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ac6f',
    500: '#a38b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b33;
$custom-light: #c2ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B33

secondary

#7384BE

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B33

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

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