#A38E28#A38E28

#A38E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E28
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 75.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, -3.26, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 53.93, 93.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0146 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(25.1615, 27.2871, 5.9487)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E28 #283DA3

analogous

#A35128 #A38E28 #7BA328

triadic

#A38E28 #28A38E #8E28A3

tetradic

#A38E28 #28A351 #283DA3 #A3287B

square

#A38E28 #28A351 #283DA3 #A3287B

split-complementary

#A38E28 #287BA3 #5128A3

monochromatic

#413810 #72631C #A38E28 #CFB53A #DBC86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A38E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E28

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E28	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6a',
    500: '#a38e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e28;
$custom-light: #c2ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64754,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.27286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E28

secondary

#6675C1

accent

#5FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E28

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

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