#A48561#A48561

#A48561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.063 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48561
RGB	rgb(164, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(32, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 40.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 6.78, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 24.82, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.021 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.063 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8558, 25.5319, 14.8732)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48561 #6180A4

analogous

#A46361 #A48561 #A1A461

triadic

#A48561 #61A485 #8561A4

tetradic

#A48561 #61A463 #6180A4 #A461A1

square

#A48561 #61A463 #6180A4 #A461A1

split-complementary

#A48561 #61A1A4 #6361A4

monochromatic

#584733 #7F6649 #A48561 #BAA388 #D1C1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A48561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A48561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48561

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48561	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90865E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.063 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a88e',
    500: '#a48561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48561;
$custom-light: #c0a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.239,
    "s": 26.908,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63694,
    "c": 0.06293,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48561

secondary

#A2AFBF

accent

#90C365

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#120F0C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48561

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

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