#A38C2C#A38C2C

#A38C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C2C
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -1.97, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 51.81, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0105 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.115 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9382, 26.7259, 6.2274)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C2C #2C43A3

analogous

#A3502C #A38C2C #7FA32C

triadic

#A38C2C #2CA38C #8C2CA3

tetradic

#A38C2C #2CA350 #2C43A3 #A32C7F

square

#A38C2C #2CA350 #2C43A3 #A32C7F

split-complementary

#A38C2C #2C7FA3 #502CA3

monochromatic

#433912 #73631F #A38C2C #CCB141 #D9C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#A38C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C2C

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6c',
    500: '#a38c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c2c;
$custom-light: #c2ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C2C

secondary

#6B7BC0

accent

#65E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C2C

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

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