#A38D36#A38D36

#A38D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.109 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D36
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -1.96, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 47.90, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0093 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.109 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2962, 27.1039, 7.3885)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D36 #364CA3

analogous

#A35736 #A38D36 #82A336

triadic

#A38D36 #36A38D #8D36A3

tetradic

#A38D36 #36A357 #364CA3 #A33682

square

#A38D36 #36A357 #364CA3 #A33682

split-complementary

#A38D36 #3682A3 #5736A3

monochromatic

#473D18 #756527 #A38D36 #C5AE51 #D5C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A38D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D36

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D36	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)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.109 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae71',
    500: '#a38d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d36;
$custom-light: #c1ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64654,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D36

secondary

#7785BE

accent

#6ADA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D36

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

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