#A38E33#A38E33

#A38E33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E33
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -2.69, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 49.51, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0118 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.112 96)
XYZ	xyz(25.3760, 27.3728, 7.0782)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E33 #3348A3

analogous

#A35633 #A38E33 #80A333

triadic

#A38E33 #33A38E #8E33A3

tetradic

#A38E33 #33A356 #3348A3 #A33380

square

#A38E33 #33A356 #3348A3 #A33380

split-complementary

#A38E33 #3380A3 #5633A3

monochromatic

#463D16 #746524 #A38E33 #C7B04C #D6C57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A38E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E33

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E33	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)

#9C8B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae70',
    500: '#a38e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e33;
$custom-light: #c1ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64841,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E33

secondary

#7382BE

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E33

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

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