#A38537#A38537

#A38537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38537
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 66.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, 2.53, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 45.16, 86.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0038 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.103 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1826, 24.8389, 7.1343)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38537 #3755A3

analogous

#A34F37 #A38537 #8BA337

triadic

#A38537 #37A385 #8537A3

tetradic

#A38537 #37A34F #3755A3 #A3378B

square

#A38537 #37A34F #3755A3 #A3378B

split-complementary

#A38537 #378BA3 #4F37A3

monochromatic

#473A18 #756028 #A38537 #C5A552 #D4BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A38537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A38537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38537

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38537	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)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a871',
    500: '#a38537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38537;
$custom-light: #c1a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 49.541,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62958,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38537

secondary

#788BBE

accent

#75D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38537

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

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