#A38D32#A38D32

#A38D32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.112 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D32
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 69.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -2.20, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 49.63, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0105 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.112 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2061, 27.0679, 6.9139)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D32 #3248A3

analogous

#A35532 #A38D32 #81A332

triadic

#A38D32 #32A38D #8D32A3

tetradic

#A38D32 #32A355 #3248A3 #A33281

square

#A38D32 #32A355 #3248A3 #A33281

split-complementary

#A38D32 #3281A3 #5532A3

monochromatic

#453C15 #746424 #A38D32 #C8AF4B #D6C479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A38D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D32

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D32	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.112 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6f',
    500: '#a38d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d32;
$custom-light: #c2ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64617,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D32

secondary

#7281BF

accent

#68DC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D32

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

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