#A38549#A38549

#A38549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.087 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38549
RGB	rgb(163, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 55.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 3.89, 36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 36.54, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0101 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.087 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6955, 25.0440, 9.8353)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38549 #4967A3

analogous

#A35849 #A38549 #94A349

triadic

#A38549 #49A385 #8549A3

tetradic

#A38549 #49A358 #4967A3 #A34994

square

#A38549 #49A358 #4967A3 #A34994

split-complementary

#A38549 #4994A3 #5849A3

monochromatic

#4E4023 #796336 #A38549 #BDA26C #D0BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#A38549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#A38549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38549

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38549	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	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)

#928544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.087 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a87d',
    500: '#a38549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38549;
$custom-light: #c1a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6318,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38549

secondary

#8C9CBC

accent

#81CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38549

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

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