#A38D7D#A38D7D

#A38D7D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.035 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38D7D
RGB	rgb(163, 141, 125)
HSL	hsl(25, 17%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 23%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 23.3%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 5.66, 11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 12.89, 63.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0186 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.035 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3310, 28.3178, 23.3716)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38D7D #7D93A3

analogous

#A37D80 #A38D7D #A3A07D

triadic

#A38D7D #7DA38D #8D7DA3

tetradic

#A38D7D #80A37D #7D93A3 #A07DA3

square

#A38D7D #80A37D #7D93A3 #A07DA3

split-complementary

#A38D7D #7DA3A0 #7D80A3

monochromatic

#615145 #856E5E #A38D7D #BCACA1 #D6CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A38D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#A38D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38D7D

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38D7D	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99937D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 141, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.035 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaea2',
    500: '#a38d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38d7d;
$custom-light: #beaea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.263,
    "s": 17.117,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65883,
    "c": 0.03528,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38D7D

secondary

#B6BFC6

accent

#9ABA6E

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F3

border

#D0CECD

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38D7D

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

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