#A38845#A38845

#A38845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.092 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38845
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 57.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 1.88, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 39.34, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.0037 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.092 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9837, 25.8259, 9.2980)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38845 #4560A3

analogous

#A35945 #A38845 #8FA345

triadic

#A38845 #45A388 #8845A3

tetradic

#A38845 #45A359 #4560A3 #A3458F

square

#A38845 #45A359 #4560A3 #A3458F

split-complementary

#A38845 #458FA3 #5945A3

monochromatic

#4D4021 #786433 #A38845 #BFA567 #D1BF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A38845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A38845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38845

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38845	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)

#95873F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.092 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7b',
    500: '#a38845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38845;
$custom-light: #c1aa7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.766,
    "s": 40.517,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38845

secondary

#8797BC

accent

#7AD057

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38845

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

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