#A48438#A48438

#A48438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.102 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48438
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 3.60, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 44.63, 85.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0069 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.102 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2762, 24.6821, 7.2261)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48438 #3858A4

analogous

#A44E38 #A48438 #8EA438

triadic

#A48438 #38A484 #8438A4

tetradic

#A48438 #38A44E #3858A4 #A4388E

square

#A48438 #38A44E #3858A4 #A4388E

split-complementary

#A48438 #388EA4 #4E38A4

monochromatic

#493B19 #765F28 #A48438 #C5A354 #D4BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A48438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A48438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48438

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48438	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.102 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a772',
    500: '#a48438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48438;
$custom-light: #c2a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62864,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48438

secondary

#7A8EBE

accent

#78D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48438

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

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