#A18237#A18237

#A18237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A18237
RGB	rgb(161, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 3.30, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 44.06, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0061 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.1 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3714, 23.8196, 6.9803)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A18237 #3756A1

analogous

#A14D37 #A18237 #8BA137

triadic

#A18237 #37A182 #8237A1

tetradic

#A18237 #37A14D #3756A1 #A1378B

square

#A18237 #37A14D #3756A1 #A1378B

split-complementary

#A18237 #378BA1 #4D37A1

monochromatic

#463818 #735D27 #A18237 #C4A251 #D3BB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A18237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A18237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A18237

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A18237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A18237	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a18237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a671',
    500: '#a18237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a18237;
$custom-light: #c0a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a18237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.453,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A18237

secondary

#778BBD

accent

#77D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A18237

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

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