#A38536#A38536

#A38536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38536
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 66.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 2.46, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 45.62, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0034 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.104 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1589, 24.8294, 7.0094)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38536 #3654A3

analogous

#A34E36 #A38536 #8BA336

triadic

#A38536 #36A385 #8536A3

tetradic

#A38536 #36A34E #3654A3 #A3368B

square

#A38536 #36A34E #3654A3 #A3368B

split-complementary

#A38536 #368BA3 #4E36A3

monochromatic

#473A18 #755F27 #A38536 #C5A551 #D5BD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A38536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A38536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38536

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38536	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a871',
    500: '#a38536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38536;
$custom-light: #c2a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.486,
    "s": 50.23,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62948,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38536

secondary

#778ABE

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38536

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

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