#A48437#A48437

#A48437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48437
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 3.53, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 45.08, 85.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0066 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.103 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2520, 24.6724, 7.0986)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48437 #3757A4

analogous

#A44D37 #A48437 #8EA437

triadic

#A48437 #37A484 #8437A4

tetradic

#A48437 #37A44D #3757A4 #A4378E

square

#A48437 #37A44D #3757A4 #A4378E

split-complementary

#A48437 #378EA4 #4D37A4

monochromatic

#483A18 #765F28 #A48437 #C5A453 #D5BC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A48437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A48437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48437

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48437	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)

#93832E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a771',
    500: '#a48437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48437;
$custom-light: #c2a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48437

secondary

#798DBE

accent

#77D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48437

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

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