#A38C32#A38C32

#A38C32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.111 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C32
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -1.65, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 49.33, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0089 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.111 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0593, 26.7743, 6.8650)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C32 #3249A3

analogous

#A35432 #A38C32 #82A332

triadic

#A38C32 #32A38C #8C32A3

tetradic

#A38C32 #32A354 #3249A3 #A33282

square

#A38C32 #32A354 #3249A3 #A33282

split-complementary

#A38C32 #3282A3 #5432A3

monochromatic

#453C15 #746424 #A38C32 #C8AE4B #D6C379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A38C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A38C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C32

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C32	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	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)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.111 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad6f',
    500: '#a38c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c32;
$custom-light: #c2ad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.788,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64401,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C32

secondary

#7282BF

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C32

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

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