#A38F37#A38F37

#A38F37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F37
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -2.99, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 48.09, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0121 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.11 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6175, 27.7085, 7.6126)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F37 #374BA3

analogous

#A35937 #A38F37 #81A337

triadic

#A38F37 #37A38F #8F37A3

tetradic

#A38F37 #37A359 #374BA3 #A33781

square

#A38F37 #37A359 #374BA3 #A33781

split-complementary

#A38F37 #3781A3 #5937A3

monochromatic

#473F18 #756728 #A38F37 #C5B052 #D4C580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A38F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F37

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F37	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)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1af72',
    500: '#a38f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f37;
$custom-light: #c1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65095,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F37

secondary

#7885BE

accent

#68D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F37

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

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