#A68238#A68238

#A68238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68238
RGB	rgb(166, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 5.61, 44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 44.55, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0126 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.102 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4237, 24.3594, 7.1560)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68238 #385CA6

analogous

#A64B38 #A68238 #93A638

triadic

#A68238 #38A682 #8238A6

tetradic

#A68238 #38A64B #385CA6 #A63893

square

#A68238 #38A64B #385CA6 #A63893

split-complementary

#A68238 #3893A6 #4B38A6

monochromatic

#4A3A19 #785E29 #A68238 #C6A155 #D5BA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A68238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A68238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68238

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68238	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a672',
    500: '#a68238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68238;
$custom-light: #c4a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68238

secondary

#7B91BF

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68238

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

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