#A48477#A48477

#A48477 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.044 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48477
RGB	rgb(164, 132, 119)
HSL	hsl(17, 20%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(17, 27%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 27.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 10.23, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 15.51, 48.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.032 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.044 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8913, 25.7281, 20.9987)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48477 #7797A4

analogous

#A47780 #A48477 #A49A77

triadic

#A48477 #77A484 #8477A4

tetradic

#A48477 #80A477 #7797A4 #9A77A4

square

#A48477 #80A477 #7797A4 #9A77A4

split-complementary

#A48477 #77A49A #7780A4

monochromatic

#604A40 #856659 #A48477 #BDA59C #D5C6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A48477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A48477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48477

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48477	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 132, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.044 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa79e',
    500: '#a48477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48477;
$custom-light: #bfa79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 19.824,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.04394,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48477

secondary

#B2BFC5

accent

#A5BC6B

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#120F0E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48477

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

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