#A38E2D#A38E2D

#A38E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.116 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E2D
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -3.02, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 52.00, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0134 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.116 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2522, 27.3233, 6.4259)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E2D #2D42A3

analogous

#A3532D #A38E2D #7DA32D

triadic

#A38E2D #2DA38E #8E2DA3

tetradic

#A38E2D #2DA353 #2D42A3 #A32D7D

square

#A38E2D #2DA353 #2D42A3 #A32D7D

split-complementary

#A38E2D #2D7DA3 #532DA3

monochromatic

#433A13 #736420 #A38E2D #CBB342 #D8C672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A38E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E2D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.116 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6c',
    500: '#a38e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e2d;
$custom-light: #c2ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 56.731,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64791,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E2D

secondary

#6C7BC0

accent

#63E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E2D

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

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