#A38E36#A38E36

#A38E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E36
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -2.51, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 48.21, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0109 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.11 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4443, 27.4002, 7.4378)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E36 #364BA3

analogous

#A35736 #A38E36 #82A336

triadic

#A38E36 #36A38E #8E36A3

tetradic

#A38E36 #36A357 #364BA3 #A33682

square

#A38E36 #36A357 #364BA3 #A33682

split-complementary

#A38E36 #3682A3 #5736A3

monochromatic

#473E18 #756627 #A38E36 #C5AF51 #D5C47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A38E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E36

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E36	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)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae71',
    500: '#a38e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e36;
$custom-light: #c1ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.44,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64869,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E36

secondary

#7785BE

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E36

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

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