#A48451#A48451

#A48451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.079 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48451
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 50.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 5.62, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 32.51, 80.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0161 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.079 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0473, 24.9905, 11.2873)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48451 #5171A4

analogous

#A45A51 #A48451 #9BA451

triadic

#A48451 #51A484 #8451A4

tetradic

#A48451 #51A45A #5171A4 #A4519B

square

#A48451 #51A45A #5171A4 #A4519B

split-complementary

#A48451 #519BA4 #5A51A4

monochromatic

#524229 #7B633D #A48451 #BCA177 #D0BDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A48451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A48451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48451

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48451	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91844D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.079 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a783',
    500: '#a48451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48451;
$custom-light: #c1a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.867,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63199,
    "c": 0.07882,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48451

secondary

#94A4BD

accent

#88CA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48451

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

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