#A48736#A48736

#A48736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48736
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 1.80, 46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 46.30, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.0015 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.105 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6410, 25.4883, 7.1112)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48736 #3653A4

analogous

#A45036 #A48736 #8AA436

triadic

#A48736 #36A487 #8736A4

tetradic

#A48736 #36A450 #3653A4 #A4368A

square

#A48736 #36A450 #3653A4 #A4368A

split-complementary

#A48736 #368AA4 #5036A4

monochromatic

#483B18 #766127 #A48736 #C6A751 #D5BE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A48736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A48736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48736

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48736	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a971',
    500: '#a48736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48736;
$custom-light: #c2a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63475,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48736

secondary

#788ABE

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48736

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

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