#A38B40#A38B40

#A38B40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B40
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -0.17, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 42.66, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0029 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.099 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2634, 26.6232, 8.6576)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B40 #4058A3

analogous

#A35A40 #A38B40 #89A340

triadic

#A38B40 #40A38B #8B40A3

tetradic

#A38B40 #40A35A #4058A3 #A34089

square

#A38B40 #40A35A #4058A3 #A34089

split-complementary

#A38B40 #4089A3 #5A40A3

monochromatic

#4B401D #77662F #A38B40 #C0A960 #D2C18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A38B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#A38B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B40

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B40	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac77',
    500: '#a38b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b40;
$custom-light: #c1ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64332,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B40

secondary

#8290BD

accent

#73D354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →