#A38531#A38531

#A38531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.107 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38531
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 69.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 2.16, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 47.83, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0019 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.107 89)
XYZ	xyz(24.0475, 24.7848, 6.4225)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38531 #314FA3

analogous

#A34C31 #A38531 #88A331

triadic

#A38531 #31A385 #8531A3

tetradic

#A38531 #31A34C #314FA3 #A33188

square

#A38531 #31A34C #314FA3 #A33188

split-complementary

#A38531 #3188A3 #4C31A3

monochromatic

#453815 #745F23 #A38531 #C8A749 #D6BE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A38531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A38531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38531

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38531	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.107 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a86e',
    500: '#a38531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38531;
$custom-light: #c2a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.24783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38531

secondary

#7186BF

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38531

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

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