#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
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -3.30, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 54.30, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0149 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1448, 27.2803, 5.8603)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A38E27	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A38E27

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

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