#A38232#A38232

#A38232 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.105 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38232
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 3.89, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 46.66, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0071 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.105 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6639, 23.9836, 6.3999)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38232 #3253A3

analogous

#A34A32 #A38232 #8CA332

triadic

#A38232 #32A382 #8232A3

tetradic

#A38232 #32A34A #3253A3 #A3328C

square

#A38232 #32A34A #3253A3 #A3328C

split-complementary

#A38232 #328CA3 #4A32A3

monochromatic

#453715 #745D24 #A38232 #C8A34B #D6BB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A38232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A38232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38232

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38232	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.105 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a66e',
    500: '#a38232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38232;
$custom-light: #c2a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38232

secondary

#7289BF

accent

#76DC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38232

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

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