#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
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -0.73, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 46.39, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0055 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.106 93)
XYZ	xyz(25.0519, 26.5386, 7.5435)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A38B38	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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