#A38440#A38440

#A38440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.095 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38440
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 3.71, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 40.68, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0084 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.095 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2821, 24.6607, 8.3305)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38440 #405FA3

analogous

#A35340 #A38440 #91A340

triadic

#A38440 #40A384 #8440A3

tetradic

#A38440 #40A353 #405FA3 #A34091

square

#A38440 #40A353 #405FA3 #A34091

split-complementary

#A38440 #4091A3 #5340A3

monochromatic

#4B3D1D #77602F #A38440 #C0A260 #D2BC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A38440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A38440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38440

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38440	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.095 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a777',
    500: '#a38440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38440;
$custom-light: #c1a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.212,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6285,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38440

secondary

#8294BD

accent

#7CD354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38440

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

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