#A38E29#A38E29

#A38E29 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	#A38E29
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -3.21, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 53.56, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0144 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(25.1788, 27.2939, 6.0394)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E29 #293EA3

analogous

#A35129 #A38E29 #7BA329

triadic

#A38E29 #29A38E #8E29A3

tetradic

#A38E29 #29A351 #293EA3 #A3297B

square

#A38E29 #29A351 #293EA3 #A3297B

split-complementary

#A38E29 #297BA3 #5129A3

monochromatic

#413910 #72631D #A38E29 #CEB53B #DAC76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A38E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E29

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E29	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)

#9D8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6a',
    500: '#a38e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e29;
$custom-light: #c2ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 59.804,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64761,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.27293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E29

secondary

#6777C1

accent

#60E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E29

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

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