#A38C30#A38C30

#A38C30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.113 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C30
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -1.76, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 50.18, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0095 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.113 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0171, 26.7574, 6.6427)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C30 #3047A3

analogous

#A35330 #A38C30 #81A330

triadic

#A38C30 #30A38C #8C30A3

tetradic

#A38C30 #30A353 #3047A3 #A33081

square

#A38C30 #30A353 #3047A3 #A33081

split-complementary

#A38C30 #3081A3 #5330A3

monochromatic

#443B14 #746322 #A38C30 #C9AF47 #D7C477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A38C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A38C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C30

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C30	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)

#9B8923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.113 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6e',
    500: '#a38c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c30;
$custom-light: #c2ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.502,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64384,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C30

secondary

#7080BF

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C30

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

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