#A36738#A36738

#A36738 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.099 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A36738
RGB	rgb(163, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 19.55, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 40.96, 61.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.054 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.099 57)
XYZ	xyz(20.6698, 17.7745, 6.0828)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A36738 #3874A3

analogous

#A3383F #A36738 #A39C38

triadic

#A36738 #38A367 #6738A3

tetradic

#A36738 #3FA338 #3874A3 #9C38A3

square

#A36738 #3FA338 #3874A3 #9C38A3

split-complementary

#A36738 #38A39C #383FA3

monochromatic

#482D19 #754A28 #A36738 #C48554 #D4A682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#A36738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#A36738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A36738

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A36738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A36738	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a36738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.099 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29270',
    500: '#a36738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a36738;
$custom-light: #c29270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a36738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.355,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.17773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A36738

secondary

#79A0BD

accent

#9CD84F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EC

border

#D1CBC7

text

#130D07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A36738

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

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