#A48731#A48731

#A48731 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48731
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 1.50, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 48.49, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.109 90)
XYZ	xyz(24.5295, 25.4437, 6.5243)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48731 #314EA4

analogous

#A44E31 #A48731 #88A431

triadic

#A48731 #31A487 #8731A4

tetradic

#A48731 #31A44E #314EA4 #A43188

square

#A48731 #31A44E #314EA4 #A43188

split-complementary

#A48731 #3188A4 #4E31A4

monochromatic

#463915 #756023 #A48731 #C9A949 #D7BF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A48731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A48731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48731

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48731	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a96e',
    500: '#a48731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48731;
$custom-light: #c2a96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63428,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.25442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48731

secondary

#7285BF

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48731

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

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