#A38D2C#A38D2C

#A38D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.116 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D2C
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 73%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -2.52, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 52.10, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0121 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.116 96)
XYZ	xyz(25.0850, 27.0195, 6.2764)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D2C #2C42A3

analogous

#A3522C #A38D2C #7DA32C

triadic

#A38D2C #2CA38D #8D2CA3

tetradic

#A38D2C #2CA352 #2C42A3 #A32C7D

square

#A38D2C #2CA352 #2C42A3 #A32C7D

split-complementary

#A38D2C #2C7DA3 #522CA3

monochromatic

#433A12 #73631F #A38D2C #CCB241 #D9C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A38D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D2C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.116 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6c',
    500: '#a38d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d2c;
$custom-light: #c2ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64567,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.27018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D2C

secondary

#6B7BC0

accent

#63E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D2C

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

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