#A48338#A48338

#A48338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48338
RGB	rgb(164, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 4.16, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 44.39, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0085 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.101 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1413, 24.4122, 7.1811)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48338 #3859A4

analogous

#A44D38 #A48338 #8FA438

triadic

#A48338 #38A483 #8338A4

tetradic

#A48338 #38A44D #3859A4 #A4388F

square

#A48338 #38A44D #3859A4 #A4388F

split-complementary

#A48338 #388FA4 #4D38A4

monochromatic

#493A19 #765F28 #A48338 #C5A254 #D4BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A48338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A48338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48338

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48338	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a672',
    500: '#a48338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48338;
$custom-light: #c2a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48338

secondary

#7A8FBE

accent

#79D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48338

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

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