#A38336#A38336

#A38336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38336
RGB	rgb(163, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 3.58, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 45.11, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0067 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.102 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8877, 24.2870, 6.9190)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38336 #3656A3

analogous

#A34C36 #A38336 #8DA336

triadic

#A38336 #36A383 #8336A3

tetradic

#A38336 #36A34C #3656A3 #A3368D

square

#A38336 #36A34C #3656A3 #A3368D

split-complementary

#A38336 #368DA3 #4C36A3

monochromatic

#473918 #755E27 #A38336 #C5A351 #D5BB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A38336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#A38336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38336

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38336	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a671',
    500: '#a38336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38336;
$custom-light: #c2a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62527,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38336

secondary

#778CBE

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38336

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

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