#A38947#A38947

#A38947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.091 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38947
RGB	rgb(163, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 56.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 1.49, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 38.64, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.0028 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.091 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1883, 26.1341, 9.6777)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38947 #4761A3

analogous

#A35B47 #A38947 #8FA347

triadic

#A38947 #47A389 #8947A3

tetradic

#A38947 #47A35B #4761A3 #A3478F

square

#A38947 #47A35B #4761A3 #A3478F

split-complementary

#A38947 #478FA3 #5B47A3

monochromatic

#4E4122 #786534 #A38947 #BEA669 #D0BF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A38947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A38947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38947

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38947	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.091 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7c',
    500: '#a38947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38947;
$custom-light: #c1ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 39.316,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.09092,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38947

secondary

#8A98BC

accent

#7ACF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38947

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

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