#A87E38#A87E38

#A87E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A87E38
RGB	rgb(168, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 8.75, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 44.23, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0217 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.101 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3246, 23.5338, 7.0019)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A87E38 #3862A8

analogous

#A84638 #A87E38 #9AA838

triadic

#A87E38 #38A87E #7E38A8

tetradic

#A87E38 #38A846 #3862A8 #A8389A

square

#A87E38 #38A846 #3862A8 #A8389A

split-complementary

#A87E38 #389AA8 #4638A8

monochromatic

#4C3919 #7A5C29 #A87E38 #C79D56 #D6B784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A87E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#A87E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A87E38

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A87E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A87E38	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a87e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a372',
    500: '#a87e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a87e38;
$custom-light: #c5a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a87e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62063,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A87E38

secondary

#7C95C0

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A87E38

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

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