#A48549#A48549

#A48549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.087 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48549
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 4.33, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 36.73, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0113 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.087 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9011, 25.1500, 9.8449)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48549 #4968A4

analogous

#A45749 #A48549 #96A449

triadic

#A48549 #49A485 #8549A4

tetradic

#A48549 #49A457 #4968A4 #A44996

square

#A48549 #49A457 #4968A4 #A44996

split-complementary

#A48549 #4996A4 #5749A4

monochromatic

#4F4023 #7A6336 #A48549 #BEA26C #D1BD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#A48549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#A48549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48549

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48549	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.087 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a87d',
    500: '#a48549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48549;
$custom-light: #c1a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.56,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48549

secondary

#8C9DBD

accent

#81CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48549

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

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