#A38240#A38240

#A38240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.094 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38240
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 4.83, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 40.19, 83.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0117 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.094 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0135, 24.1234, 8.2410)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38240 #4061A3

analogous

#A35140 #A38240 #93A340

triadic

#A38240 #40A382 #8240A3

tetradic

#A38240 #40A351 #4061A3 #A34093

square

#A38240 #40A351 #4061A3 #A34093

split-complementary

#A38240 #4093A3 #5140A3

monochromatic

#4B3C1D #775F2F #A38240 #C0A060 #D2BA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A38240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#A38240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38240

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38240	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.094 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a677',
    500: '#a38240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38240;
$custom-light: #c1a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62432,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38240

secondary

#8296BD

accent

#7FD354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38240

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

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