#A38D45#A38D45

#A38D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.096 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D45
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -0.89, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 40.88, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0043 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.096 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7044, 27.2672, 9.5382)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D45 #455BA3

analogous

#A35E45 #A38D45 #8AA345

triadic

#A38D45 #45A38D #8D45A3

tetradic

#A38D45 #45A35E #455BA3 #A3458A

square

#A38D45 #45A35E #455BA3 #A3458A

split-complementary

#A38D45 #458AA3 #5E45A3

monochromatic

#4D4321 #786833 #A38D45 #BFAA67 #D1C292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A38D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D45

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D45	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9A8B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.096 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae7b',
    500: '#a38d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d45;
$custom-light: #c1ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 40.517,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.09565,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D45

secondary

#8794BC

accent

#74D057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D45

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

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