#A38E2B#A38E2B

#A38E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E2B
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -3.12, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 52.79, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0139 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2146, 27.3083, 6.2279)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E2B #2B40A3

analogous

#A3522B #A38E2B #7CA32B

triadic

#A38E2B #2BA38E #8E2BA3

tetradic

#A38E2B #2BA352 #2B40A3 #A32B7C

square

#A38E2B #2BA352 #2B40A3 #A32B7C

split-complementary

#A38E2B #2B7CA3 #522BA3

monochromatic

#423A11 #73641E #A38E2B #CCB43F #D9C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A38E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E2B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6b',
    500: '#a38e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e2b;
$custom-light: #c2ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64776,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E2B

secondary

#6A79C0

accent

#61E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E2B

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

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