#A38757#A38757

#A38757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.073 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38757
RGB	rgb(163, 135, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 30%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 46.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 4.12, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 30.01, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0124 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.073 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4894, 25.8039, 12.6530)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38757 #5773A3

analogous

#A36157 #A38757 #99A357

triadic

#A38757 #57A387 #8757A3

tetradic

#A38757 #57A361 #5773A3 #A35799

square

#A38757 #57A361 #5773A3 #A35799

split-complementary

#A38757 #5799A3 #6157A3

monochromatic

#53452C #7B6642 #A38757 #BAA47D #CFC0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A38757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38757

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38757	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 135, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.073 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a987',
    500: '#a38757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38757;
$custom-light: #c0a987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 30.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6382,
    "c": 0.07344,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38757

secondary

#99A6BD

accent

#87C761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38757

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →