#A38E4E#A38E4E

#A38E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.087 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E4E
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 52.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -0.66, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 36.72, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0026 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.087 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1533, 27.6838, 11.1722)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E4E #4E63A3

analogous

#A3634E #A38E4E #8EA34E

triadic

#A38E4E #4EA38E #8E4EA3

tetradic

#A38E4E #4EA363 #4E63A3 #A34E8E

square

#A38E4E #4EA363 #4E63A3 #A34E8E

split-complementary

#A38E4E #4E8EA3 #634EA3

monochromatic

#504626 #7A6A3A #A38E4E #BCAA72 #D0C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A38E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E4E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E4E	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.087 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae81',
    500: '#a38e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e4e;
$custom-light: #c0ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65157,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E4E

secondary

#919BBC

accent

#78CB5C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E4E

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

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