#A38231#A38231

#A38231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.106 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38231
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 3.84, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 47.10, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.0068 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.106 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6426, 23.9751, 6.2875)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38231 #3152A3

analogous

#A34931 #A38231 #8BA331

triadic

#A38231 #31A382 #8231A3

tetradic

#A38231 #31A349 #3152A3 #A3318B

square

#A38231 #31A349 #3152A3 #A3318B

split-complementary

#A38231 #318BA3 #4931A3

monochromatic

#453715 #745C23 #A38231 #C8A349 #D6BB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A38231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A38231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38231

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38231	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.106 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a66d',
    500: '#a38231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38231;
$custom-light: #c2a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62268,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38231

secondary

#7188BF

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38231

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

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