#A48638#A48638

#A48638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48638
RGB	rgb(164, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 2.48, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 45.13, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0037 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.103 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5500, 25.2297, 7.3174)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48638 #3856A4

analogous

#A45038 #A48638 #8CA438

triadic

#A48638 #38A486 #8638A4

tetradic

#A48638 #38A450 #3856A4 #A4388C

square

#A48638 #38A450 #3856A4 #A4388C

split-complementary

#A48638 #388CA4 #5038A4

monochromatic

#493B19 #766128 #A48638 #C5A654 #D4BD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A48638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A48638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48638

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48638	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a972',
    500: '#a48638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48638;
$custom-light: #c2a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63285,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48638

secondary

#7A8DBE

accent

#75D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48638

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

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