#A38B38#A38B38

#A38B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.106 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A38B38
RGBrgb(163, 139, 56)
HSLhsl(47, 49%, 43%)
HSVhsv(47, 66%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(58.54, -0.73, 46.38)
CIE-LCHlch(58.54, 46.39, 90.91°)
OKLaboklab(64.24% -0.0055 0.1056)
OKLCHoklch(64.24% 0.106 93)
XYZxyz(25.0519, 26.5386, 7.5435)
Luminance0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A38B38 #3850A3
analogous
#A35538 #A38B38 #85A338
triadic
#A38B38 #38A38B #8B38A3
tetradic
#A38B38 #38A355 #3850A3 #A33885
square
#A38B38 #38A355 #3850A3 #A33885
split-complementary
#A38B38 #3885A3 #5538A3
monochromatic
#483D19 #756428 #A38B38 #C4AB54 #D4C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33
#A38B38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31
#A38B38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B38
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A38B38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A38B381.003.336.316.31
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3121.001.001.00
##0000006.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99892E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F903C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B08079
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a38b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.106 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac72',
    500: '#a38b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a38b38;
$custom-light: #c1ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a38b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A38B38
secondary
#7989BD
accent
#6ED84F
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F4ED
border
#D1CEC8
text
#131008
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B38

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#A38B38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva