#A38C2D#A38C2D

#A38C2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.115 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C2D
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 72.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -1.92, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 51.41, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0103 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.115 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9573, 26.7335, 6.3276)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C2D #2D44A3

analogous

#A3512D #A38C2D #7FA32D

triadic

#A38C2D #2DA38C #8C2DA3

tetradic

#A38C2D #2DA351 #2D44A3 #A32D7F

square

#A38C2D #2DA351 #2D44A3 #A32D7F

split-complementary

#A38C2D #2D7FA3 #512DA3

monochromatic

#433A13 #736320 #A38C2D #CBB042 #D8C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A38C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C2D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C2D	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.115 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6c',
    500: '#a38c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c2d;
$custom-light: #c2ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64359,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C2D

secondary

#6C7CC0

accent

#65E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C2D

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

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