#A36138#A36138

#A36138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.102 H 51.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36138
RGB	rgb(163, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 22.94, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 41.28, 56.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0642 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.102 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0943, 16.6234, 5.8910)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36138 #387AA3

analogous

#A33844 #A36138 #A39638

triadic

#A36138 #38A361 #6138A3

tetradic

#A36138 #44A338 #387AA3 #9638A3

square

#A36138 #44A338 #387AA3 #9638A3

split-complementary

#A36138 #38A396 #3844A3

monochromatic

#482B19 #754628 #A36138 #C47F54 #D4A182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#A36138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#A36138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36138

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36138	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.102 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38e70',
    500: '#a36138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36138;
$custom-light: #c38e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.991,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55838,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36138

secondary

#79A3BD

accent

#A4D84F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36138

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

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