#A38E27#A38E27

#A38E27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A38E27
RGBrgb(163, 142, 39)
HSLhsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSVhsv(50, 76%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.9%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.23, -3.30, 54.20)
CIE-LCHlch(59.23, 54.30, 93.49°)
OKLaboklab(64.75% -0.0149 0.1191)
OKLCHoklch(64.75% 0.12 97.1)
XYZxyz(25.1448, 27.2803, 5.8603)
Luminance0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A38E27 #273CA3
analogous
#A35027 #A38E27 #7AA327
triadic
#A38E27 #27A38E #8E27A3
tetradic
#A38E27 #27A350 #273CA3 #A3277A
square
#A38E27 #27A350 #273CA3 #A3277A
split-complementary
#A38E27 #277AA3 #5027A3
monochromatic
#40380F #72631B #A38E27 #CFB638 #DBC869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25
#A38E27 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46
#A38E27 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E27
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A38E27#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A38E271.003.256.466.46
#FFFFFF3.251.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4621.001.001.00
##0000006.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D8B14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2922E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0837A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a38e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.120 97.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae69',
    500: '#a38e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a38e27;
$custom-light: #c2ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a38e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64747,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A38E27
secondary
#6474C1
accent
#5FE443
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F8F4EB
border
#D1CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

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#A38E27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva