#A38D28#A38D28

#A38D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.119 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D28
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -2.71, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 53.64, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0131 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.119 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0134, 26.9908, 5.8993)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D28 #283EA3

analogous

#A34F28 #A38D28 #7CA328

triadic

#A38D28 #28A38D #8D28A3

tetradic

#A38D28 #28A34F #283EA3 #A3287C

square

#A38D28 #28A34F #283EA3 #A3287C

split-complementary

#A38D28 #287CA3 #4F28A3

monochromatic

#413810 #72621C #A38D28 #CFB43A #DBC76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A38D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D28

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D28	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.119 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6a',
    500: '#a38d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d28;
$custom-light: #c2ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64538,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D28

secondary

#6676C1

accent

#61E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D28

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

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