#A38E31#A38E31

#A38E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E31
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, -2.80, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 50.36, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0123 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.113 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3329, 27.3556, 6.8509)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E31 #3146A3

analogous

#A35531 #A38E31 #7FA331

triadic

#A38E31 #31A38E #8E31A3

tetradic

#A38E31 #31A355 #3146A3 #A3317F

square

#A38E31 #31A355 #3146A3 #A3317F

split-complementary

#A38E31 #317FA3 #5531A3

monochromatic

#453C15 #746523 #A38E31 #C8B149 #D6C578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A38E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A38E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E31

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E31	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)

#9C8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6f',
    500: '#a38e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e31;
$custom-light: #c2ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64824,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E31

secondary

#717FBF

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E31

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

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