#A38D37#A38D37

#A38D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.108 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D37
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -1.90, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 47.45, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.009 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.108 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3199, 27.1134, 7.5134)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D37 #374DA3

analogous

#A35737 #A38D37 #83A337

triadic

#A38D37 #37A38D #8D37A3

tetradic

#A38D37 #37A357 #374DA3 #A33783

square

#A38D37 #37A357 #374DA3 #A33783

split-complementary

#A38D37 #3783A3 #5737A3

monochromatic

#473E18 #756528 #A38D37 #C5AD52 #D4C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A38D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D37

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.108 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae72',
    500: '#a38d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d37;
$custom-light: #c1ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D37

secondary

#7886BE

accent

#6BD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D37

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

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