#A38E35#A38E35

#A38E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E35
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -2.57, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 48.65, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0112 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.11 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4211, 27.3909, 7.3154)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E35 #354AA3

analogous

#A35735 #A38E35 #81A335

triadic

#A38E35 #35A38E #8E35A3

tetradic

#A38E35 #35A357 #354AA3 #A33581

square

#A38E35 #35A357 #354AA3 #A33581

split-complementary

#A38E35 #3581A3 #5735A3

monochromatic

#473E17 #756626 #A38E35 #C6AF4F #D5C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A38E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E35

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E35	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)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae71',
    500: '#a38e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e35;
$custom-light: #c1ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.545,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6486,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E35

secondary

#7684BE

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E35

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

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