#A38255#A38255

#A38255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.074 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38255
RGB	rgb(163, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 47.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 6.71, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 29.86, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0198 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.074 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7275, 24.4090, 12.0015)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38255 #5576A3

analogous

#A35B55 #A38255 #9DA355

triadic

#A38255 #55A382 #8255A3

tetradic

#A38255 #55A35B #5576A3 #A3559D

square

#A38255 #55A35B #5576A3 #A3559D

split-complementary

#A38255 #559DA3 #5B55A3

monochromatic

#53422B #7B6240 #A38255 #BA9F7B #CFBDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A38255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A38255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38255

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38255	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.074 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a685',
    500: '#a38255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38255;
$custom-light: #c0a685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.07355,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38255

secondary

#97A7BD

accent

#8CC860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38255

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

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