#A48436#A48436

#A48436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48436
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 3.47, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 45.54, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0063 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.103 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2283, 24.6629, 6.9736)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48436 #3656A4

analogous

#A44D36 #A48436 #8DA436

triadic

#A48436 #36A484 #8436A4

tetradic

#A48436 #36A44D #3656A4 #A4368D

square

#A48436 #36A44D #3656A4 #A4368D

split-complementary

#A48436 #368DA4 #4D36A4

monochromatic

#483A18 #765F27 #A48436 #C6A451 #D5BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A48436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A48436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48436

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48436	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a771',
    500: '#a48436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48436;
$custom-light: #c2a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62843,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48436

secondary

#788CBE

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48436

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

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