#A38F27#A38F27

#A38F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F27
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 76.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -3.85, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 54.59, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0164 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.121 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2942, 27.5792, 5.9101)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F27 #273BA3

analogous

#A35127 #A38F27 #79A327

triadic

#A38F27 #27A38F #8F27A3

tetradic

#A38F27 #27A351 #273BA3 #A32779

square

#A38F27 #27A351 #273BA3 #A32779

split-complementary

#A38F27 #2779A3 #5127A3

monochromatic

#40380F #72641B #A38F27 #CFB738 #DBC969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A38F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A38F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F27

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F27	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2af69',
    500: '#a38f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f27;
$custom-light: #c2af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64964,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F27

secondary

#6473C1

accent

#5DE443

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F27

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

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