#A88238#A88238

#A88238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88238
RGB	rgb(168, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 6.51, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 44.97, 81.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0151 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.103 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8463, 24.5773, 7.1759)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88238 #385EA8

analogous

#A84A38 #A88238 #96A838

triadic

#A88238 #38A882 #8238A8

tetradic

#A88238 #38A84A #385EA8 #A83896

square

#A88238 #38A84A #385EA8 #A83896

split-complementary

#A88238 #3896A8 #4A38A8

monochromatic

#4C3B19 #7A5E29 #A88238 #C7A156 #D6BA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A88238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A88238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88238

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88238	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a672',
    500: '#a88238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88238;
$custom-light: #c5a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88238

secondary

#7C93C0

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88238

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

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