#A38E37#A38E37

#A38E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E37
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -2.45, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 47.77, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0106 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.109 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4680, 27.4096, 7.5628)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E37 #374CA3

analogous

#A35837 #A38E37 #82A337

triadic

#A38E37 #37A38E #8E37A3

tetradic

#A38E37 #37A358 #374CA3 #A33782

square

#A38E37 #37A358 #374CA3 #A33782

split-complementary

#A38E37 #3782A3 #5837A3

monochromatic

#473E18 #756628 #A38E37 #C5AF52 #D4C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A38E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E37

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E37	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae72',
    500: '#a38e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e37;
$custom-light: #c1ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64879,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E37

secondary

#7886BE

accent

#6AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E37

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

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