#A38D61#A38D61

#A38D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.066 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D61
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 26%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 40%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 40.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 1.88, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 26.59, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0067 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.066 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7875, 27.7004, 15.2426)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D61 #6177A3

analogous

#A36C61 #A38D61 #98A361

triadic

#A38D61 #61A38D #8D61A3

tetradic

#A38D61 #61A36C #6177A3 #A36198

square

#A38D61 #61A36C #6177A3 #A36198

split-complementary

#A38D61 #6198A3 #6C61A3

monochromatic

#574B33 #7E6C49 #A38D61 #BAA988 #D0C5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#A38D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D61

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D61	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.066 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae8e',
    500: '#a38d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d61;
$custom-light: #bfae8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 26.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65262,
    "c": 0.06585,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D61

secondary

#A1ABBF

accent

#84C365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F7F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D61

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

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