Information about #A38E32 color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #A38E32 reads as a clearly saturated sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Reef Gold (#A98D36). Slightly further away sit Pale Fallen Leaves (#AA8736) and Alpine (#AD8A3B).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(163, 142, 50)), which gives #A38E32 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 6.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A38E32 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#A38E32 color variations
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#A38E32 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#A38E32 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#A38E32 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#A38E32 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#A38E32 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #A38E32 color
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Nearest named colors to #A38E32
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#A98D36
#AA8736
#AD8A3B
#9A9739
#AB8439
#AB8D3F
#A28B23
#9A883E
#AD812F
#B0903D
#968428
#928C3C
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#A38E32
- RGB163, 142, 50
- CMYK0, 8, 44, 36
- CSSrgb(163, 142, 50)
- HSL49°, 53%, 42%
- HSL Precise48.85°, 53.052%, 41.765%
- HSV49°, 69%, 64%
- HSB49°, 69%, 64%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.639
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.196
- GLSLvec3(0.639, 0.557, 0.196)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.639, 0.557, 0.196, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.639, 0.557, 0.196)
- Percentage of Red in RGB63.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB19.6%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDA38E32
- DECIMAL ID10718770
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
