#A48431#A48431

#A48431 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.107 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48431
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 3.17, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 47.74, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0048 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.107 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1168, 24.6183, 6.3867)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48431 #3151A4

analogous

#A44A31 #A48431 #8BA431

triadic

#A48431 #31A484 #8431A4

tetradic

#A48431 #31A44A #3151A4 #A4318B

square

#A48431 #31A44A #3151A4 #A4318B

split-complementary

#A48431 #318BA4 #4A31A4

monochromatic

#463815 #755E23 #A48431 #C9A549 #D7BD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A48431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A48431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48431

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48431	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.107 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a76e',
    500: '#a48431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48431;
$custom-light: #c3a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.304,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62795,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48431

secondary

#7287BF

accent

#73DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48431

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

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