#A38D2D#A38D2D

#A38D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D2D
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 72.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -2.47, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 51.70, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0118 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1041, 27.0271, 6.3766)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D2D #2D43A3

analogous

#A3522D #A38D2D #7EA32D

triadic

#A38D2D #2DA38D #8D2DA3

tetradic

#A38D2D #2DA352 #2D43A3 #A32D7E

square

#A38D2D #2DA352 #2D43A3 #A32D7E

split-complementary

#A38D2D #2D7EA3 #522DA3

monochromatic

#433A13 #736420 #A38D2D #CBB142 #D8C572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A38D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D2D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D2D	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6c',
    500: '#a38d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d2d;
$custom-light: #c2ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64575,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D2D

secondary

#6C7CC0

accent

#64E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D2D

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

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