#A48472#A48472

#A48472 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.047 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48472
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(22, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 9.52, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 17.23, 56.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0299 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.047 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5989, 25.6111, 19.4587)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48472 #7292A4

analogous

#A47279 #A48472 #A49D72

triadic

#A48472 #72A484 #8472A4

tetradic

#A48472 #79A472 #7292A4 #9D72A4

square

#A48472 #79A472 #7292A4 #9D72A4

split-complementary

#A48472 #72A49D #7279A4

monochromatic

#5F493D #846655 #A48472 #BCA497 #D4C5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A48472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48472

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48472	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.047 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a79a',
    500: '#a48472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48472;
$custom-light: #c0a79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.04739,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48472

secondary

#AEBCC3

accent

#A0BE6A

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#120F0E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48472

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

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