#A38C35#A38C35

#A38C35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38C35
RGB	rgb(163, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -1.47, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 48.03, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.008 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.109 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1262, 26.8011, 7.2171)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38C35 #354CA3

analogous

#A35535 #A38C35 #83A335

triadic

#A38C35 #35A38C #8C35A3

tetradic

#A38C35 #35A355 #354CA3 #A33583

square

#A38C35 #35A355 #354CA3 #A33583

split-complementary

#A38C35 #3583A3 #5535A3

monochromatic

#473D17 #756426 #A38C35 #C6AD4F #D5C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#A38C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#A38C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38C35

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38C35	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)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad71',
    500: '#a38c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38c35;
$custom-light: #c1ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64429,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38C35

secondary

#7685BE

accent

#6BDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38C35

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

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