#A48231#A48231

#A48231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48231
RGB	rgb(164, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 4.29, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 47.28, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% 0.008 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.106 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8482, 24.0811, 6.2972)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48231 #3153A4

analogous

#A44931 #A48231 #8DA431

triadic

#A48231 #31A482 #8231A4

tetradic

#A48231 #31A449 #3153A4 #A4318D

square

#A48231 #31A449 #3153A4 #A4318D

split-complementary

#A48231 #318DA4 #4931A4

monochromatic

#463715 #755D23 #A48231 #C9A349 #D7BB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A48231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#A48231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48231

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48231	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a66d',
    500: '#a48231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48231;
$custom-light: #c3a66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62376,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48231

secondary

#7289BF

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48231

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

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