#A38D34#A38D34

#A38D34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.110 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D34
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 68.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -2.08, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 48.77, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0099 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.11 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2502, 27.0855, 7.1462)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D34 #344AA3

analogous

#A35634 #A38D34 #82A334

triadic

#A38D34 #34A38D #8D34A3

tetradic

#A38D34 #34A356 #344AA3 #A33482

square

#A38D34 #34A356 #344AA3 #A33482

split-complementary

#A38D34 #3482A3 #5634A3

monochromatic

#463D16 #756525 #A38D34 #C6AF4E #D5C47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A38D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D34

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D34	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.110 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae70',
    500: '#a38d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d34;
$custom-light: #c1ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.108,
    "s": 51.628,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64635,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D34

secondary

#7583BE

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D34

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

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