#A08538#A08538

#A08538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A08538
RGB	rgb(160, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 1.25, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 44.22, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0004 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.101 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5997, 24.5355, 7.2334)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A08538 #3853A0

analogous

#A05138 #A08538 #87A038

triadic

#A08538 #38A085 #8538A0

tetradic

#A08538 #38A051 #3853A0 #A03887

square

#A08538 #38A051 #3853A0 #A03887

split-complementary

#A08538 #3887A0 #5138A0

monochromatic

#453A18 #735F28 #A08538 #C3A653 #D3BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A08538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A08538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A08538

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A08538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A08538	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a08538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa872',
    500: '#a08538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a08538;
$custom-light: #bfa872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a08538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.423,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A08538

secondary

#788ABC

accent

#73D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A08538

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

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