#A38C33#A38C33

#A38C33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C33
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -1.59, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 48.90, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0086 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.11 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0811, 26.7830, 6.9799)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C33 #334AA3

analogous

#A35433 #A38C33 #82A333

triadic

#A38C33 #33A38C #8C33A3

tetradic

#A38C33 #33A354 #334AA3 #A33382

square

#A38C33 #33A354 #334AA3 #A33382

split-complementary

#A38C33 #3382A3 #5433A3

monochromatic

#463C16 #746424 #A38C33 #C7AE4C #D6C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A38C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A38C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C33

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C33	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ad70',
    500: '#a38c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c33;
$custom-light: #c2ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.679,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64411,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C33

secondary

#7383BE

accent

#6ADC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C33

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

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