#A38E34#A38E34

#A38E34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.111 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E34
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -2.63, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 49.08, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0115 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.111 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3983, 27.3818, 7.1956)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E34 #3449A3

analogous

#A35734 #A38E34 #80A334

triadic

#A38E34 #34A38E #8E34A3

tetradic

#A38E34 #34A357 #3449A3 #A33480

square

#A38E34 #34A357 #3449A3 #A33480

split-complementary

#A38E34 #3480A3 #5734A3

monochromatic

#463D16 #756625 #A38E34 #C6B04E #D5C47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A38E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E34

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E34	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.111 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae70',
    500: '#a38e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e34;
$custom-light: #c1ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 51.628,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64851,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E34

secondary

#7583BE

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E34

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

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