#A48738#A48738

#A48738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48738
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 1.93, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 45.40, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0021 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.103 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6889, 25.5074, 7.3636)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48738 #3855A4

analogous

#A45138 #A48738 #8BA438

triadic

#A48738 #38A487 #8738A4

tetradic

#A48738 #38A451 #3855A4 #A4388B

square

#A48738 #38A451 #3855A4 #A4388B

split-complementary

#A48738 #388BA4 #5138A4

monochromatic

#493C19 #766128 #A48738 #C5A754 #D4BE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A48738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A48738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48738

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48738	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)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a972',
    500: '#a48738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48738;
$custom-light: #c2a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48738

secondary

#7A8CBE

accent

#74D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48738

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

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