#A57538#A57538

#A57538 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.098 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A57538
RGB	rgb(165, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 12.49, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 42.20, 72.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0329 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.098 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5936, 21.0092, 6.6058)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A57538 #3868A5

analogous

#A53E38 #A57538 #9EA538

triadic

#A57538 #38A575 #7538A5

tetradic

#A57538 #38A53E #3868A5 #A5389E

square

#A57538 #38A53E #3868A5 #A5389E

split-complementary

#A57538 #389EA5 #3E38A5

monochromatic

#4A3419 #775528 #A57538 #C59455 #D5B183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#A57538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#A57538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A57538

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A57538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A57538	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36967

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a57538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.098 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39c71',
    500: '#a57538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a57538;
$custom-light: #c39c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a57538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.578,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59908,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A57538

secondary

#7A98BE

accent

#8CD94F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EC

border

#D1CCC7

text

#130E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A57538

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

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