#A38B34#A38B34

#A38B34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B34
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -0.98, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 48.17, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0067 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.109 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9579, 26.5011, 7.0488)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B34 #344CA3

analogous

#A35434 #A38B34 #84A334

triadic

#A38B34 #34A38B #8B34A3

tetradic

#A38B34 #34A354 #344CA3 #A33484

square

#A38B34 #34A354 #344CA3 #A33484

split-complementary

#A38B34 #3484A3 #5434A3

monochromatic

#463C16 #756325 #A38B34 #C6AC4E #D5C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A38B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A38B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B34

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B34	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)

#998929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac70',
    500: '#a38b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b34;
$custom-light: #c1ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 51.628,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64205,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B34

secondary

#7585BE

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B34

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

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