#A38235#A38235

#A38235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38235
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 67.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 4.08, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 45.33, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.008 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.103 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7308, 24.0103, 6.7520)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38235 #3556A3

analogous

#A34B35 #A38235 #8DA335

triadic

#A38235 #35A382 #8235A3

tetradic

#A38235 #35A34B #3556A3 #A3358D

square

#A38235 #35A34B #3556A3 #A3358D

split-complementary

#A38235 #358DA3 #4B35A3

monochromatic

#473817 #755D26 #A38235 #C6A24F #D5BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A38235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#A38235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38235

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38235	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)

#91812C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a670',
    500: '#a38235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38235;
$custom-light: #c2a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 50.926,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62307,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38235

secondary

#768BBE

accent

#78DA4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38235

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

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