#A38B36#A38B36

#A38B36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B36
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -0.86, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 47.29, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0061 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.107 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0039, 26.5195, 7.2911)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B36 #364EA3

analogous

#A35536 #A38B36 #84A336

triadic

#A38B36 #36A38B #8B36A3

tetradic

#A38B36 #36A355 #364EA3 #A33684

square

#A38B36 #36A355 #364EA3 #A33684

split-complementary

#A38B36 #3684A3 #5536A3

monochromatic

#473D18 #756427 #A38B36 #C5AC51 #D5C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A38B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A38B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B36

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B36	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)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac71',
    500: '#a38b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b36;
$custom-light: #c1ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B36

secondary

#7787BE

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B36

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

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