#A38D53#A38D53

#A38D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.081 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D53
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 49.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 0.37, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 33.84, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.001 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.081 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1914, 27.4620, 12.1030)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D53 #5369A3

analogous

#A36553 #A38D53 #91A353

triadic

#A38D53 #53A38D #8D53A3

tetradic

#A38D53 #53A365 #5369A3 #A35391

square

#A38D53 #53A365 #5369A3 #A35391

split-complementary

#A38D53 #5391A3 #6553A3

monochromatic

#52472A #7A6A3E #A38D53 #BBA879 #CFC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A38D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#A38D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D53

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D53	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.081 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae84',
    500: '#a38d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d53;
$custom-light: #c0ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D53

secondary

#95A0BC

accent

#7CC95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D53

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

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