#A38E32#A38E32

#A38E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E32
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -2.75, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 49.94, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.012 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.113 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3542, 27.3641, 6.9633)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E32 #3247A3

analogous

#A35632 #A38E32 #80A332

triadic

#A38E32 #32A38E #8E32A3

tetradic

#A38E32 #32A356 #3247A3 #A33280

square

#A38E32 #32A356 #3247A3 #A33280

split-complementary

#A38E32 #3280A3 #5632A3

monochromatic

#453C15 #746524 #A38E32 #C8B04B #D6C579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A38E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E32

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E32	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#9C8B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ae6f',
    500: '#a38e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e32;
$custom-light: #c2ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64833,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E32

secondary

#7280BF

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E32

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

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