#A38D35#A38D35

#A38D35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.110 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D35
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -2.02, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 48.34, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0096 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.11 95)
XYZ	xyz(25.2729, 27.0946, 7.2661)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D35 #354BA3

analogous

#A35635 #A38D35 #82A335

triadic

#A38D35 #35A38D #8D35A3

tetradic

#A38D35 #35A356 #354BA3 #A33582

square

#A38D35 #35A356 #354BA3 #A33582

split-complementary

#A38D35 #3582A3 #5635A3

monochromatic

#473D17 #756526 #A38D35 #C6AE4F #D5C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A38D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D35

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D35	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)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.110 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae71',
    500: '#a38d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d35;
$custom-light: #c1ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64644,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D35

secondary

#7684BE

accent

#6ADA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D35

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

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