#A38342#A38342

#A38342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.092 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38342
RGB	rgb(163, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 4.43, 39.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 39.47, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0107 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.092 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2051, 24.4139, 8.5906)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38342 #4262A3

analogous

#A35242 #A38342 #93A342

triadic

#A38342 #42A383 #8342A3

tetradic

#A38342 #42A352 #4262A3 #A34293

square

#A38342 #42A352 #4262A3 #A34293

split-complementary

#A38342 #4293A3 #5242A3

monochromatic

#4C3D1F #776030 #A38342 #C0A163 #D1BB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A38342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A38342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38342

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38342	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)

#91833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.092 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a678',
    500: '#a38342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38342;
$custom-light: #c1a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.206,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38342

secondary

#8497BC

accent

#7FD256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38342

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

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