#A48249#A48249

#A48249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48249
RGB	rgb(164, 130, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 6.01, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 36.02, 80.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0162 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.086 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4962, 24.3403, 9.7099)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48249 #496BA4

analogous

#A45449 #A48249 #99A449

triadic

#A48249 #49A482 #8249A4

tetradic

#A48249 #49A454 #496BA4 #A44999

square

#A48249 #49A454 #496BA4 #A44999

split-complementary

#A48249 #4999A4 #5449A4

monochromatic

#4F3F23 #7A6036 #A48249 #BE9F6C #D1BB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A48249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A48249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48249

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48249	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 130, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a67d',
    500: '#a48249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48249;
$custom-light: #c1a67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.582,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48249

secondary

#8C9EBD

accent

#85CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48249

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

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