#A38436#A38436

#A38436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38436
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 3.02, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 45.36, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0051 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.103 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0227, 24.5569, 6.9640)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38436 #3655A3

analogous

#A34E36 #A38436 #8BA336

triadic

#A38436 #36A384 #8436A3

tetradic

#A38436 #36A34E #3655A3 #A3368B

square

#A38436 #36A34E #3655A3 #A3368B

split-complementary

#A38436 #368BA3 #4E36A3

monochromatic

#473A18 #755F27 #A38436 #C5A451 #D5BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A38436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A38436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38436

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38436	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a771',
    500: '#a38436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38436;
$custom-light: #c2a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62737,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38436

secondary

#778BBE

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38436

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

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