#A38D31#A38D31

#A38D31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D31
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -2.26, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 50.06, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0108 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.113 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1847, 27.0594, 6.8016)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D31 #3147A3

analogous

#A35431 #A38D31 #80A331

triadic

#A38D31 #31A38D #8D31A3

tetradic

#A38D31 #31A354 #3147A3 #A33180

square

#A38D31 #31A354 #3147A3 #A33180

split-complementary

#A38D31 #3180A3 #5431A3

monochromatic

#453C15 #746423 #A38D31 #C8B049 #D6C478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A38D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A38D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D31

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D31	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)

#9B8A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6e',
    500: '#a38d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d31;
$custom-light: #c2ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64608,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D31

secondary

#7180BF

accent

#67DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D31

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

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