#A96238#A96238

#A96238 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.108 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A96238
RGB	rgb(169, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 24.94, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 43.59, 55.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0698 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.108 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4454, 17.4581, 5.9810)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A96238 #387FA9

analogous

#A93847 #A96238 #A99B38

triadic

#A96238 #38A962 #6238A9

tetradic

#A96238 #47A938 #387FA9 #9B38A9

square

#A96238 #47A938 #387FA9 #9B38A9

split-complementary

#A96238 #38A99B #3847A9

monochromatic

#4D2D1A #7B4729 #A96238 #C78157 #D7A385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A96238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#A96238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A96238

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A96238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A96238	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a96238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.108 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78f70',
    500: '#a96238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a96238;
$custom-light: #c78f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a96238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.301,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56819,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A96238

secondary

#7CA7C0

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EC

border

#D2CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A96238

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

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