#A38F2B#A38F2B

#A38F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F2B
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -3.66, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 53.09, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0155 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3640, 27.6072, 6.2778)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F2B #2B3FA3

analogous

#A3532B #A38F2B #7BA32B

triadic

#A38F2B #2BA38F #8F2BA3

tetradic

#A38F2B #2BA353 #2B3FA3 #A32B7B

square

#A38F2B #2BA353 #2B3FA3 #A32B7B

split-complementary

#A38F2B #2B7BA3 #532BA3

monochromatic

#423A11 #73651E #A38F2B #CCB53F #D9C76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A38F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A38F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F2B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2af6b',
    500: '#a38f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f2b;
$custom-light: #c2af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64992,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F2B

secondary

#6A78C0

accent

#60E146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F2B

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

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