#A48021#A48021

#A48021 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48021
RGB	rgb(164, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 4.65, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 53.19, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.0071 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.115 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3050, 23.4423, 4.7359)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48021 #2145A4

analogous

#A43E21 #A48021 #86A421

triadic

#A48021 #21A480 #8021A4

tetradic

#A48021 #21A43E #2145A4 #A42186

square

#A48021 #21A43E #2145A4 #A42186

split-complementary

#A48021 #2186A4 #3E21A4

monochromatic

#3E300C #715817 #A48021 #D5A72D #DFBC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A48021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A48021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48021

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48021	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a465',
    500: '#a48021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48021;
$custom-light: #c3a465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61833,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48021

secondary

#5D79C4

accent

#6DE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48021

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

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