#A38838#A38838

#A38838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38838
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 0.92, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 45.52, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0007 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.104 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6235, 25.6818, 7.4007)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38838 #3853A3

analogous

#A35338 #A38838 #88A338

triadic

#A38838 #38A388 #8838A3

tetradic

#A38838 #38A353 #3853A3 #A33888

square

#A38838 #38A353 #3853A3 #A33888

split-complementary

#A38838 #3888A3 #5338A3

monochromatic

#483C19 #756228 #A38838 #C4A854 #D4BF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A38838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#A38838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38838

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38838	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa72',
    500: '#a38838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38838;
$custom-light: #c1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38838

secondary

#798BBD

accent

#72D84F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38838

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

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