#A38847#A38847

#A38847 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.090 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38847
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 56.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 2.04, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 38.35, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0044 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.09 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0468, 25.8511, 9.6305)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38847 #4762A3

analogous

#A35A47 #A38847 #90A347

triadic

#A38847 #47A388 #8847A3

tetradic

#A38847 #47A35A #4762A3 #A34790

square

#A38847 #47A35A #4762A3 #A34790

split-complementary

#A38847 #4790A3 #5A47A3

monochromatic

#4E4122 #786434 #A38847 #BEA569 #D0BF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A38847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38847

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38847	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.090 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7c',
    500: '#a38847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38847;
$custom-light: #c1aa7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.391,
    "s": 39.316,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63784,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38847

secondary

#8A98BC

accent

#7BCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38847

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

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