#A37538#A37538

#A37538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A37538
RGB	rgb(163, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 11.60, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 41.63, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0304 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.097 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1807, 20.7964, 6.5865)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A37538 #3866A3

analogous

#A34038 #A37538 #9BA338

triadic

#A37538 #38A375 #7538A3

tetradic

#A37538 #38A340 #3866A3 #A3389B

square

#A37538 #38A340 #3866A3 #A3389B

split-complementary

#A37538 #389BA3 #4038A3

monochromatic

#483419 #755428 #A37538 #C49454 #D4B082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#A37538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#A37538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A37538

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A37538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A37538	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a37538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29c71',
    500: '#a37538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a37538;
$custom-light: #c29c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a37538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.206,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59674,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A37538

secondary

#7997BD

accent

#8AD84F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A37538

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

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