#A38C29#A38C29

#A38C29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C29
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -2.12, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 52.98, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0113 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8839, 26.7042, 5.9411)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C29 #2940A3

analogous

#A34F29 #A38C29 #7DA329

triadic

#A38C29 #29A38C #8C29A3

tetradic

#A38C29 #29A34F #2940A3 #A3297D

square

#A38C29 #29A34F #2940A3 #A3297D

split-complementary

#A38C29 #297DA3 #4F29A3

monochromatic

#413810 #72621D #A38C29 #CEB23B #DAC56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A38C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C29

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C29	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)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6a',
    500: '#a38c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c29;
$custom-light: #c2ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64329,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C29

secondary

#6778C1

accent

#63E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C29

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

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