#A38E53#A38E53

#A38E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.082 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E53
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 49.1%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -0.18, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 34.17, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0006 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.082 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3395, 27.7582, 12.1524)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E53 #5368A3

analogous

#A36653 #A38E53 #90A353

triadic

#A38E53 #53A38E #8E53A3

tetradic

#A38E53 #53A366 #5368A3 #A35390

square

#A38E53 #53A366 #5368A3 #A35390

split-complementary

#A38E53 #5390A3 #6653A3

monochromatic

#52472A #7A6B3E #A38E53 #BBA979 #CFC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A38E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A38E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E53

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E53	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.082 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae84',
    500: '#a38e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e53;
$custom-light: #c0ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.25,
    "s": 32.52,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65233,
    "c": 0.08214,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E53

secondary

#95A0BC

accent

#7BC95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E53

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

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