#A48531#A48531

#A48531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48531
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 2.62, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 47.99, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0032 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.108 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2531, 24.8908, 6.4321)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48531 #3150A4

analogous

#A44C31 #A48531 #8AA431

triadic

#A48531 #31A485 #8531A4

tetradic

#A48531 #31A44C #3150A4 #A4318A

square

#A48531 #31A44C #3150A4 #A4318A

split-complementary

#A48531 #318AA4 #4C31A4

monochromatic

#463915 #755F23 #A48531 #C9A649 #D7BD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A48531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A48531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48531

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48531	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)

#948426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a86e',
    500: '#a48531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48531;
$custom-light: #c3a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.826,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63005,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48531

secondary

#7287BF

accent

#72DD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48531

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

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