#A68538#A68538

#A68538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A68538
RGB	rgb(166, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 3.94, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 45.23, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0078 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.103 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8286, 25.1691, 7.2910)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A68538 #3859A6

analogous

#A64E38 #A68538 #90A638

triadic

#A68538 #38A685 #8538A6

tetradic

#A68538 #38A64E #3859A6 #A63890

square

#A68538 #38A64E #3859A6 #A63890

split-complementary

#A68538 #3890A6 #4E38A6

monochromatic

#4A3C19 #786029 #A68538 #C6A455 #D5BD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A68538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A68538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A68538

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A68538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A68538	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a68538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a872',
    500: '#a68538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a68538;
$custom-light: #c4a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a68538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63286,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A68538

secondary

#7B8FBF

accent

#78D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A68538

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

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