#A38D43#A38D43

#A38D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D43
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -1.05, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 41.85, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.005 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.098 93)
XYZ	xyz(25.6433, 27.2428, 9.2168)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D43 #4359A3

analogous

#A35D43 #A38D43 #89A343

triadic

#A38D43 #43A38D #8D43A3

tetradic

#A38D43 #43A35D #4359A3 #A34389

square

#A38D43 #43A35D #4359A3 #A34389

split-complementary

#A38D43 #4389A3 #5D43A3

monochromatic

#4C421F #786731 #A38D43 #BFAA64 #D1C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A38D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A38D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D43

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D43	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7a',
    500: '#a38d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d43;
$custom-light: #c1ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64796,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.27242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D43

secondary

#8592BC

accent

#73D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D43

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

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