#A38C28#A38C28

#A38C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C28
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -2.16, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 53.36, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0115 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.118 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8666, 26.6973, 5.8504)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C28 #283FA3

analogous

#A34E28 #A38C28 #7DA328

triadic

#A38C28 #28A38C #8C28A3

tetradic

#A38C28 #28A34E #283FA3 #A3287D

square

#A38C28 #28A34E #283FA3 #A3287D

split-complementary

#A38C28 #287DA3 #4E28A3

monochromatic

#413810 #72621C #A38C28 #CFB33A #DBC66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A38C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C28

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C28	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad69',
    500: '#a38c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c28;
$custom-light: #c2ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64322,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C28

secondary

#6677C1

accent

#62E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C28

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

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