#A38E39#A38E39

#A38E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.107 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E39
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -2.32, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 46.87, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.01 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.107 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5169, 27.4292, 7.8204)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E39 #394EA3

analogous

#A35939 #A38E39 #83A339

triadic

#A38E39 #39A38E #8E39A3

tetradic

#A38E39 #39A359 #394EA3 #A33983

square

#A38E39 #39A359 #394EA3 #A33983

split-complementary

#A38E39 #3983A3 #5939A3

monochromatic

#483F19 #766629 #A38E39 #C4AE55 #D4C483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A38E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A38E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E39

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E39	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.107 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae73',
    500: '#a38e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e39;
$custom-light: #c1ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 48.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E39

secondary

#7A88BD

accent

#6BD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E39

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

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