#A48359#A48359

#A48359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.070 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48359
RGB	rgb(164, 131, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 7.00, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 28.34, 75.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.021 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.071 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2302, 24.8478, 12.9164)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48359 #597AA4

analogous

#A45E59 #A48359 #A0A459

triadic

#A48359 #59A483 #8359A4

tetradic

#A48359 #59A45E #597AA4 #A459A0

square

#A48359 #59A45E #597AA4 #A459A0

split-complementary

#A48359 #59A0A4 #5E59A4

monochromatic

#55442E #7C6343 #A48359 #BAA180 #D0BEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#A48359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#A48359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48359

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48359	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 131, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.070 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a788',
    500: '#a48359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48359;
$custom-light: #c1a788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.6,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6313,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48359

secondary

#9BAABE

accent

#8EC662

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48359

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

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