#A38E86#A38E86

#A38E86 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.028 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A38E86
RGB	rgb(163, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(17, 14%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 18%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 17.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, 6.52, 7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 9.68, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% 0.0208 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.028 42)
XYZ	xyz(29.0803, 28.8545, 26.5872)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A38E86 #869BA3

analogous

#A3868C #A38E86 #A39C86

triadic

#A38E86 #86A38E #8E86A3

tetradic

#A38E86 #8CA386 #869BA3 #9C86A3

square

#A38E86 #8CA386 #869BA3 #9C86A3

split-complementary

#A38E86 #86A39C #868CA3

monochromatic

#63524B #866F66 #A38E86 #BDAEA9 #D8CFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A38E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#A38E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A38E86

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A38E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A38E86	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a38e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.028 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beafa9',
    500: '#a38e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a38e86;
$custom-light: #beafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a38e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 13.615,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66327,
    "c": 0.028,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.28854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A38E86

secondary

#BDC5C8

accent

#A3B671

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A38E86

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

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