#A38B60#A38B60

#A38B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.066 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38B60
RGB	rgb(163, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(39, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 41.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 2.88, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 26.51, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0095 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.066 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4489, 27.0974, 14.9012)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38B60 #6078A3

analogous

#A36960 #A38B60 #99A360

triadic

#A38B60 #60A38B #8B60A3

tetradic

#A38B60 #60A369 #6078A3 #A36099

square

#A38B60 #60A369 #6078A3 #A36099

split-complementary

#A38B60 #6099A3 #6960A3

monochromatic

#574932 #7D6A49 #A38B60 #B9A787 #D0C4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A38B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A38B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38B60

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38B60	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.066 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfac8d',
    500: '#a38b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38b60;
$custom-light: #bfac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 26.693,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64822,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38B60

secondary

#A1ABBE

accent

#87C365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38B60

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

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