#A38F38#A38F38

#A38F38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F38
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -2.93, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 47.64, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0118 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.109 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6417, 27.7182, 7.7401)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F38 #384CA3

analogous

#A35938 #A38F38 #81A338

triadic

#A38F38 #38A38F #8F38A3

tetradic

#A38F38 #38A359 #384CA3 #A33881

square

#A38F38 #38A359 #384CA3 #A33881

split-complementary

#A38F38 #3881A3 #5938A3

monochromatic

#483F19 #756728 #A38F38 #C4AF54 #D4C482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A38F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F38

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F38	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)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1af73',
    500: '#a38f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f38;
$custom-light: #c1af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65105,
    "c": 0.10872,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F38

secondary

#7986BD

accent

#69D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F38

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

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