#A38142#A38142

#A38142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.091 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38142
RGB	rgb(163, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 5.55, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 39.00, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.014 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.091 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9391, 23.8819, 8.5020)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38142 #4264A3

analogous

#A35142 #A38142 #95A342

triadic

#A38142 #42A381 #8142A3

tetradic

#A38142 #42A351 #4264A3 #A34295

square

#A38142 #42A351 #4264A3 #A34295

split-complementary

#A38142 #4295A3 #5142A3

monochromatic

#4C3C1F #775F30 #A38142 #C09F63 #D1BA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A38142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A38142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38142

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38142	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.091 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a578',
    500: '#a38142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38142;
$custom-light: #c1a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.969,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38142

secondary

#8498BC

accent

#81D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38142

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

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