#A38C2A#A38C2A

#A38C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C2A
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -2.07, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 52.59, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.011 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.117 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9016, 26.7112, 6.0342)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C2A #2A41A3

analogous

#A34F2A #A38C2A #7DA32A

triadic

#A38C2A #2AA38C #8C2AA3

tetradic

#A38C2A #2AA34F #2A41A3 #A32A7D

square

#A38C2A #2AA34F #2A41A3 #A32A7D

split-complementary

#A38C2A #2A7DA3 #4F2AA3

monochromatic

#423811 #72621D #A38C2A #CDB23D #DAC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A38C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C2A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C2A	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)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6a',
    500: '#a38c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c2a;
$custom-light: #c2ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64336,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C2A

secondary

#6879C0

accent

#63E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C2A

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

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