#A38F36#A38F36

#A38F36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F36
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -3.05, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 48.53, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0124 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.11 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5938, 27.6991, 7.4877)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F36 #364AA3

analogous

#A35936 #A38F36 #80A336

triadic

#A38F36 #36A38F #8F36A3

tetradic

#A38F36 #36A359 #364AA3 #A33680

square

#A38F36 #36A359 #364AA3 #A33680

split-complementary

#A38F36 #3680A3 #5936A3

monochromatic

#473E18 #756727 #A38F36 #C5B051 #D5C57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A38F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F36

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F36	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)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1af72',
    500: '#a38f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f36;
$custom-light: #c1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65085,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F36

secondary

#7784BE

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F36

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

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