#A38E41#A38E41

#A38E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.100 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E41
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -1.75, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 43.14, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0073 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.1 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7325, 27.5154, 8.9556)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E41 #4156A3

analogous

#A35D41 #A38E41 #87A341

triadic

#A38E41 #41A38E #8E41A3

tetradic

#A38E41 #41A35D #4156A3 #A34187

square

#A38E41 #41A35D #4156A3 #A34187

split-complementary

#A38E41 #4187A3 #5D41A3

monochromatic

#4B421E #776830 #A38E41 #C0AC61 #D1C38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A38E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A38E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E41

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E41	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)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.100 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae78',
    500: '#a38e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e41;
$custom-light: #c1ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 42.982,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E41

secondary

#8390BD

accent

#70D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E41

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

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