#A38C2F#A38C2F

#A38C2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.113 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C2F
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -1.82, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 50.59, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0097 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.113 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9967, 26.7493, 6.5353)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C2F #2F46A3

analogous

#A3522F #A38C2F #80A32F

triadic

#A38C2F #2FA38C #8C2FA3

tetradic

#A38C2F #2FA352 #2F46A3 #A32F80

square

#A38C2F #2FA352 #2F46A3 #A32F80

split-complementary

#A38C2F #2F80A3 #522FA3

monochromatic

#443A14 #736321 #A38C2F #CAAF46 #D7C475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A38C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C2F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C2F	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)

#9B8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.113 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6d',
    500: '#a38c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c2f;
$custom-light: #c2ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C2F

secondary

#6F7FBF

accent

#67DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C2F

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

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