#A96038#A96038

#A96038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.109 H 48.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96038
RGB	rgb(169, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 26.05, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 43.81, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.0731 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.109 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2606, 17.0885, 5.9194)
Luminance	0.1709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96038 #3881A9

analogous

#A93849 #A96038 #A99938

triadic

#A96038 #38A960 #6038A9

tetradic

#A96038 #49A938 #3881A9 #9938A9

square

#A96038 #49A938 #3881A9 #9938A9

split-complementary

#A96038 #38A999 #3849A9

monochromatic

#4D2C1A #7B4629 #A96038 #C77F57 #D7A285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#A96038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#A96038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96038

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96038	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.109 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78e70',
    500: '#a96038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96038;
$custom-light: #c78e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.239,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96038

secondary

#7CA8C0

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96038

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

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