#A38848#A38848

#A38848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.089 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38848
RGB	rgb(163, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 55.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 2.13, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 37.85, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0048 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.089 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0792, 25.8641, 9.8009)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38848 #4863A3

analogous

#A35A48 #A38848 #90A348

triadic

#A38848 #48A388 #8848A3

tetradic

#A38848 #48A35A #4863A3 #A34890

square

#A38848 #48A35A #4863A3 #A34890

split-complementary

#A38848 #4890A3 #5A48A3

monochromatic

#4E4122 #796535 #A38848 #BDA56B #D0BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A38848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A38848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38848

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38848	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)

#958742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.089 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7d',
    500: '#a38848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38848;
$custom-light: #c1aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38848

secondary

#8B99BC

accent

#7CCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38848

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

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