#A35538#A35538

#A35538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.111 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A35538
RGB	rgb(163, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(16, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 29.59, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 42.93, 46.41°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.0845 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.111 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0682, 14.5712, 5.5490)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A35538 #3886A3

analogous

#A33850 #A35538 #A38A38

triadic

#A35538 #38A355 #5538A3

tetradic

#A35538 #50A338 #3886A3 #8A38A3

square

#A35538 #50A338 #3886A3 #8A38A3

split-complementary

#A35538 #38A38A #3850A3

monochromatic

#482519 #753D28 #A35538 #C47254 #D49882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#A35538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#A35538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A35538

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A35538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A35538	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2464E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a35538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.111 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3866f',
    500: '#a35538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a35538;
$custom-light: #c3866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a35538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.262,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53733,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A35538

secondary

#79ABBD

accent

#B3D84F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#130B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A35538

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

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