#A48037#A48037

#A48037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48037
RGB	rgb(164, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 5.77, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 44.17, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.0131 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.101 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7199, 23.6083, 6.9212)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48037 #375BA4

analogous

#A44937 #A48037 #92A437

triadic

#A48037 #37A480 #8037A4

tetradic

#A48037 #37A449 #375BA4 #A43792

square

#A48037 #37A449 #375BA4 #A43792

split-complementary

#A48037 #3792A4 #4937A4

monochromatic

#483818 #765C28 #A48037 #C5A053 #D5B981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A48037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A48037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48037

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48037	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a471',
    500: '#a48037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48037;
$custom-light: #c2a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.183,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48037

secondary

#7990BE

accent

#7CD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48037

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

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