#A48356#A48356

#A48356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.073 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48356
RGB	rgb(164, 131, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 6.68, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 29.82, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0197 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.073 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1068, 24.7984, 12.2664)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48356 #5677A4

analogous

#A45C56 #A48356 #9EA456

triadic

#A48356 #56A483 #8356A4

tetradic

#A48356 #56A45C #5677A4 #A4569E

square

#A48356 #56A45C #5677A4 #A4569E

split-complementary

#A48356 #569EA4 #5C56A4

monochromatic

#54432C #7C6341 #A48356 #BBA07D #D0BEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#A48356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48356

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48356	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 131, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.073 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a786',
    500: '#a48356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48356;
$custom-light: #c1a786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.615,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48356

secondary

#99A8BD

accent

#8CC760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48356

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

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