#A38D2A#A38D2A

#A38D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D2A
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -2.62, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 52.88, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0126 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.117 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0483, 27.0048, 6.0831)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D2A #2A40A3

analogous

#A3512A #A38D2A #7CA32A

triadic

#A38D2A #2AA38D #8D2AA3

tetradic

#A38D2A #2AA351 #2A40A3 #A32A7C

square

#A38D2A #2AA351 #2A40A3 #A32A7C

split-complementary

#A38D2A #2A7CA3 #512AA3

monochromatic

#423911 #72631D #A38D2A #CDB33D #DAC66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A38D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D2A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D2A	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6b',
    500: '#a38d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d2a;
$custom-light: #c2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64552,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D2A

secondary

#6878C0

accent

#62E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D2A

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

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