#A48235#A48235

#A48235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48235
RGB	rgb(164, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 4.53, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 45.51, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0092 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.103 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9364, 24.1164, 6.7617)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48235 #3557A4

analogous

#A44B35 #A48235 #8EA435

triadic

#A48235 #35A482 #8235A4

tetradic

#A48235 #35A44B #3557A4 #A4358E

square

#A48235 #35A44B #3557A4 #A4358E

split-complementary

#A48235 #358EA4 #4B35A4

monochromatic

#473917 #765D26 #A48235 #C6A250 #D5BB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A48235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#A48235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48235

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48235	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)

#91822C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a670',
    500: '#a48235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48235;
$custom-light: #c2a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62414,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48235

secondary

#768CBE

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48235

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

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