#A38E2A#A38E2A

#A38E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E2A
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -3.17, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 53.18, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0142 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1965, 27.3010, 6.1325)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E2A #2A3FA3

analogous

#A3522A #A38E2A #7BA32A

triadic

#A38E2A #2AA38E #8E2AA3

tetradic

#A38E2A #2AA352 #2A3FA3 #A32A7B

square

#A38E2A #2AA352 #2A3FA3 #A32A7B

split-complementary

#A38E2A #2A7BA3 #522AA3

monochromatic

#423911 #72641D #A38E2A #CDB43D #DAC76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A38E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E2A

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E2A	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)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6b',
    500: '#a38e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e2a;
$custom-light: #c2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64768,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E2A

secondary

#6878C0

accent

#61E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E2A

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

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