#A38338#A38338

#A38338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38338
RGB	rgb(163, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 3.71, 44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 44.20, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% 0.0073 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.101 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9356, 24.3061, 7.1715)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38338 #3858A3

analogous

#A34D38 #A38338 #8DA338

triadic

#A38338 #38A383 #8338A3

tetradic

#A38338 #38A34D #3858A3 #A3388D

square

#A38338 #38A34D #3858A3 #A3388D

split-complementary

#A38338 #388DA3 #4D38A3

monochromatic

#483A19 #755E28 #A38338 #C4A354 #D4BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A38338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#A38338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38338

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38338	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a672',
    500: '#a38338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38338;
$custom-light: #c1a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62548,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38338

secondary

#798EBD

accent

#78D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38338

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

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