#A38F40#A38F40

#A38F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38F40
RGB	rgb(163, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -2.37, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 43.95, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% -0.0092 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.102 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8532, 27.8028, 8.8542)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38F40 #4054A3

analogous

#A35E40 #A38F40 #86A340

triadic

#A38F40 #40A38F #8F40A3

tetradic

#A38F40 #40A35E #4054A3 #A34086

square

#A38F40 #40A35E #4054A3 #A34086

split-complementary

#A38F40 #4086A3 #5E40A3

monochromatic

#4B421D #77682F #A38F40 #C0AD60 #D2C48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A38F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A38F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38F40

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38F40	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1af78',
    500: '#a38f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38f40;
$custom-light: #c1af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6519,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38F40

secondary

#828EBD

accent

#6ED354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38F40

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

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