#A48221#A48221

#A48221 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48221
RGB	rgb(164, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 79.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 3.53, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 53.58, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0039 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.116 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5685, 23.9692, 4.8237)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48221 #2143A4

analogous

#A44021 #A48221 #84A421

triadic

#A48221 #21A482 #8221A4

tetradic

#A48221 #21A440 #2143A4 #A42184

square

#A48221 #21A440 #2143A4 #A42184

split-complementary

#A48221 #2184A4 #4021A4

monochromatic

#3E310C #715A17 #A48221 #D5A92D #DFBE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#A48221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A48221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48221

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48221	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a665',
    500: '#a48221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48221;
$custom-light: #c3a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62252,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48221

secondary

#5D78C4

accent

#6BE93E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48221

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

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