#A38D41#A38D41

#A38D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.099 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D41
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -1.20, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 42.81, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0057 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.099 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5844, 27.2192, 8.9062)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D41 #4157A3

analogous

#A35C41 #A38D41 #88A341

triadic

#A38D41 #41A38D #8D41A3

tetradic

#A38D41 #41A35C #4157A3 #A34188

square

#A38D41 #41A35C #4157A3 #A34188

split-complementary

#A38D41 #4188A3 #5C41A3

monochromatic

#4B411E #776730 #A38D41 #C0AB61 #D1C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A38D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A38D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D41

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D41	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)

#9A8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.099 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae78',
    500: '#a38d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d41;
$custom-light: #c1ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64772,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D41

secondary

#8390BD

accent

#71D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D41

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

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