#A38548#A38548

#A38548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.088 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38548
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 55.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 3.80, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 37.03, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0097 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.088 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6626, 25.0309, 9.6620)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38548 #4866A3

analogous

#A35748 #A38548 #93A348

triadic

#A38548 #48A385 #8548A3

tetradic

#A38548 #48A357 #4866A3 #A34893

square

#A38548 #48A357 #4866A3 #A34893

split-complementary

#A38548 #4893A3 #5748A3

monochromatic

#4E4022 #796235 #A38548 #BDA26B #D0BD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A38548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#A38548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38548

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38548	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.088 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a87c',
    500: '#a38548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38548;
$custom-light: #c1a87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.22,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38548

secondary

#8B9BBC

accent

#80CF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38548

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

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