#A38C2B#A38C2B

#A38C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C2B
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -2.02, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 52.20, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% -0.0108 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9197, 26.7185, 6.1296)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C2B #2B42A3

analogous

#A3502B #A38C2B #7EA32B

triadic

#A38C2B #2BA38C #8C2BA3

tetradic

#A38C2B #2BA350 #2B42A3 #A32B7E

square

#A38C2B #2BA350 #2B42A3 #A32B7E

split-complementary

#A38C2B #2B7EA3 #502BA3

monochromatic

#423911 #73621E #A38C2B #CCB13F #D9C56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A38C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C2B

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6b',
    500: '#a38c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c2b;
$custom-light: #c2ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64344,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C2B

secondary

#6A7AC0

accent

#64E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C2B

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

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