#A38457#A38457

#A38457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.072 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38457
RGB	rgb(163, 132, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 30%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 46.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 5.80, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 29.29, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0173 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.072 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0767, 24.9785, 12.5155)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38457 #5776A3

analogous

#A35E57 #A38457 #9CA357

triadic

#A38457 #57A384 #8457A3

tetradic

#A38457 #57A35E #5776A3 #A3579C

square

#A38457 #57A35E #5776A3 #A3579C

split-complementary

#A38457 #579CA3 #5E57A3

monochromatic

#53432C #7B6442 #A38457 #BAA17D #CFBEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A38457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A38457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38457

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38457	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 132, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.072 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a787',
    500: '#a38457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38457;
$custom-light: #c0a787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38457

secondary

#99A8BD

accent

#8BC761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38457

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

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