#A38D2B#A38D2B

#A38D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D2B
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -2.57, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 52.49, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0123 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0665, 27.0120, 6.1786)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D2B #2B41A3

analogous

#A3512B #A38D2B #7DA32B

triadic

#A38D2B #2BA38D #8D2BA3

tetradic

#A38D2B #2BA351 #2B41A3 #A32B7D

square

#A38D2B #2BA351 #2B41A3 #A32B7D

split-complementary

#A38D2B #2B7DA3 #512BA3

monochromatic

#423911 #73631E #A38D2B #CCB23F #D9C66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A38D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D2B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D2B	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6b',
    500: '#a38d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d2b;
$custom-light: #c2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64559,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D2B

secondary

#6A79C0

accent

#63E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D2B

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

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