#A38F39#A38F39

#A38F39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F39
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 65%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -2.86, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 47.19, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0115 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.108 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6664, 27.7281, 7.8702)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F39 #394DA3

analogous

#A35A39 #A38F39 #82A339

triadic

#A38F39 #39A38F #8F39A3

tetradic

#A38F39 #39A35A #394DA3 #A33982

square

#A38F39 #39A35A #394DA3 #A33982

split-complementary

#A38F39 #3982A3 #5A39A3

monochromatic

#483F19 #766729 #A38F39 #C4AF55 #D4C483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A38F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F39

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F39	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1af73',
    500: '#a38f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f39;
$custom-light: #c1af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 48.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65115,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F39

secondary

#7A87BD

accent

#6AD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F39

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

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