#A36238#A36238

#A36238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.102 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36238
RGB	rgb(163, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.9%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 22.38, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 41.21, 57.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.0625 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.102 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1873, 16.8094, 5.9220)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36238 #3879A3

analogous

#A33844 #A36238 #A39738

triadic

#A36238 #38A362 #6238A3

tetradic

#A36238 #44A338 #3879A3 #9738A3

square

#A36238 #44A338 #3879A3 #9738A3

split-complementary

#A36238 #38A397 #3844A3

monochromatic

#482B19 #754728 #A36238 #C48054 #D4A282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#A36238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A36238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36238

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36238	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.102 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38f70',
    500: '#a36238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36238;
$custom-light: #c38f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.551,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56021,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36238

secondary

#79A3BD

accent

#A3D84F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F8F0EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36238

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

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