#A38E30#A38E30

#A38E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E30
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -2.86, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 50.78, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0126 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.114 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3120, 27.3472, 6.7410)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E30 #3045A3

analogous

#A35530 #A38E30 #7FA330

triadic

#A38E30 #30A38E #8E30A3

tetradic

#A38E30 #30A355 #3045A3 #A3307F

square

#A38E30 #30A355 #3045A3 #A3307F

split-complementary

#A38E30 #307FA3 #5530A3

monochromatic

#443C14 #746522 #A38E30 #C9B147 #D7C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A38E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E30

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E30	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)

#9C8B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6e',
    500: '#a38e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e30;
$custom-light: #c2ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 54.502,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64815,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E30

secondary

#707EBF

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E30

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

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