#A38438#A38438

#A38438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38438
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 3.15, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 44.45, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.0057 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.101 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0706, 24.5761, 7.2164)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38438 #3857A3

analogous

#A34F38 #A38438 #8CA338

triadic

#A38438 #38A384 #8438A3

tetradic

#A38438 #38A34F #3857A3 #A3388C

square

#A38438 #38A34F #3857A3 #A3388C

split-complementary

#A38438 #388CA3 #4F38A3

monochromatic

#483A19 #755F28 #A38438 #C4A454 #D4BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A38438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A38438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38438

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38438	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a772',
    500: '#a38438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38438;
$custom-light: #c1a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.617,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62758,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38438

secondary

#798DBD

accent

#77D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38438

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

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