#A38D40#A38D40

#A38D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.100 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D40
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -1.28, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 43.29, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0061 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.1 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5557, 27.2077, 8.7550)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D40 #4056A3

analogous

#A35C40 #A38D40 #87A340

triadic

#A38D40 #40A38D #8D40A3

tetradic

#A38D40 #40A35C #4056A3 #A34087

square

#A38D40 #40A35C #4056A3 #A34087

split-complementary

#A38D40 #4087A3 #5C40A3

monochromatic

#4B411D #77672F #A38D40 #C0AB60 #D2C28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A38D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A38D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D40

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D40	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.100 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae78',
    500: '#a38d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d40;
$custom-light: #c1ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6476,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D40

secondary

#828FBD

accent

#71D354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D40

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

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