#A05E38#A05E38

#A05E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.101 H 49.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05E38
RGB	rgb(160, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(22, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.67, 23.34, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.67, 40.35, 54.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.0657 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.101 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2152, 15.7664, 5.7719)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05E38 #387AA0

analogous

#A03846 #A05E38 #A09238

triadic

#A05E38 #38A05E #5E38A0

tetradic

#A05E38 #46A038 #387AA0 #9238A0

square

#A05E38 #46A038 #387AA0 #9238A0

split-complementary

#A05E38 #38A092 #3846A0

monochromatic

#452918 #734328 #A05E38 #C37C53 #D39E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A05E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A05E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A05E38

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A05E38	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.101 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08c70',
    500: '#a05e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05e38;
$custom-light: #c08c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54892,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05E38

secondary

#78A3BC

accent

#A6D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05E38

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

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