#A38B35#A38B35

#A38B35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.108 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B35
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -0.92, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 47.73, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0064 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.108 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9807, 26.5102, 7.1686)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B35 #354DA3

analogous

#A35435 #A38B35 #84A335

triadic

#A38B35 #35A38B #8B35A3

tetradic

#A38B35 #35A354 #354DA3 #A33584

square

#A38B35 #35A354 #354DA3 #A33584

split-complementary

#A38B35 #3584A3 #5435A3

monochromatic

#473C17 #756426 #A38B35 #C6AC4F #D5C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A38B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A38B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B35

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B35	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)

#99892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.108 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac71',
    500: '#a38b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b35;
$custom-light: #c1ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64215,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B35

secondary

#7686BE

accent

#6CDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B35

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

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