#A68438#A68438

#A68438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.102 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68438
RGB	rgb(166, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 4.49, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 45.00, 84.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0094 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.103 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6923, 24.8966, 7.2456)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68438 #385AA6

analogous

#A64D38 #A68438 #91A638

triadic

#A68438 #38A684 #8438A6

tetradic

#A68438 #38A64D #385AA6 #A63891

square

#A68438 #38A64D #385AA6 #A63891

split-complementary

#A68438 #3891A6 #4D38A6

monochromatic

#4A3B19 #786029 #A68438 #C6A355 #D5BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A68438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A68438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68438

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68438	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.102 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a772',
    500: '#a68438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68438;
$custom-light: #c4a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63078,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68438

secondary

#7B90BF

accent

#79D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68438

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

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