#A38E2F#A38E2F

#A38E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E2F
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -2.91, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 51.19, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0129 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.115 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2916, 27.3391, 6.6336)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E2F #2F44A3

analogous

#A3542F #A38E2F #7EA32F

triadic

#A38E2F #2FA38E #8E2FA3

tetradic

#A38E2F #2FA354 #2F44A3 #A32F7E

square

#A38E2F #2FA354 #2F44A3 #A32F7E

split-complementary

#A38E2F #2F7EA3 #542FA3

monochromatic

#443B14 #736521 #A38E2F #CAB246 #D7C575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A38E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E2F

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E2F	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6d',
    500: '#a38e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e2f;
$custom-light: #c2ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 55.238,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.11477,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E2F

secondary

#6F7DBF

accent

#64DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E2F

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

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