#A87138#A87138

#A87138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.101 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87138
RGB	rgb(168, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 16.08, 39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 42.82, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.0433 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.101 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7690, 20.4226, 6.4834)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87138 #386FA8

analogous

#A83938 #A87138 #A7A838

triadic

#A87138 #38A871 #7138A8

tetradic

#A87138 #38A839 #386FA8 #A838A7

square

#A87138 #38A839 #386FA8 #A838A7

split-complementary

#A87138 #38A7A8 #3938A8

monochromatic

#4C3319 #7A5229 #A87138 #C79056 #D6AE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#A87138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#A87138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87138

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87138	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B76564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.101 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c69a71',
    500: '#a87138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87138;
$custom-light: #c69a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.536,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59483,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87138

secondary

#7C9DC0

accent

#93DA4E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87138

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

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