#A38E40#A38E40

#A38E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.101 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E40
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -1.83, 43.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 43.62, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0077 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.101 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7038, 27.5039, 8.8044)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E40 #4055A3

analogous

#A35D40 #A38E40 #86A340

triadic

#A38E40 #40A38E #8E40A3

tetradic

#A38E40 #40A35D #4055A3 #A34086

square

#A38E40 #40A35D #4055A3 #A34086

split-complementary

#A38E40 #4086A3 #5D40A3

monochromatic

#4B411D #77682F #A38E40 #C0AC60 #D2C38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A38E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A38E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E40

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E40	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.101 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae78',
    500: '#a38e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e40;
$custom-light: #c1ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E40

secondary

#828FBD

accent

#6FD354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E40

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

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