#A38D33#A38D33

#A38D33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.111 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D33
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -2.14, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 49.20, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0102 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.111 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2279, 27.0766, 7.0288)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D33 #3349A3

analogous

#A35533 #A38D33 #81A333

triadic

#A38D33 #33A38D #8D33A3

tetradic

#A38D33 #33A355 #3349A3 #A33381

square

#A38D33 #33A355 #3349A3 #A33381

split-complementary

#A38D33 #3381A3 #5533A3

monochromatic

#463C16 #746524 #A38D33 #C7AF4C #D6C47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A38D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D33

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D33	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)

#9B8A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.111 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae70',
    500: '#a38d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d33;
$custom-light: #c1ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D33

secondary

#7382BE

accent

#68DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D33

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

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