#A48238#A48238

#A48238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48238
RGB	rgb(164, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 4.72, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 44.15, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0102 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.101 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0076, 24.1448, 7.1365)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48238 #385AA4

analogous

#A44C38 #A48238 #90A438

triadic

#A48238 #38A482 #8238A4

tetradic

#A48238 #38A44C #385AA4 #A43890

square

#A48238 #38A44C #385AA4 #A43890

split-complementary

#A48238 #3890A4 #4C38A4

monochromatic

#493A19 #765E28 #A48238 #C5A154 #D4BA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A48238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A48238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48238

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48238	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a672',
    500: '#a48238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48238;
$custom-light: #c2a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.111,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48238

secondary

#7A8FBE

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48238

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

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