#A48449#A48449

#A48449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.087 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48449
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 4.89, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 36.49, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0129 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.087 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7648, 24.8775, 9.7995)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48449 #4969A4

analogous

#A45749 #A48449 #97A449

triadic

#A48449 #49A484 #8449A4

tetradic

#A48449 #49A457 #4969A4 #A44997

square

#A48449 #49A457 #4969A4 #A44997

split-complementary

#A48449 #4997A4 #5749A4

monochromatic

#4F4023 #7A6236 #A48449 #BEA16C #D1BC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A48449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A48449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48449

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48449	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.087 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a77d',
    500: '#a48449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48449;
$custom-light: #c1a77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.901,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63076,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48449

secondary

#8C9DBD

accent

#83CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48449

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

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