#A48740#A48740

#A48740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48740
RGB	rgb(164, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 2.49, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 41.65, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0048 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.097 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9004, 25.5920, 8.4777)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48740 #405DA4

analogous

#A45540 #A48740 #8FA440

triadic

#A48740 #40A487 #8740A4

tetradic

#A48740 #40A455 #405DA4 #A4408F

square

#A48740 #40A455 #405DA4 #A4408F

split-complementary

#A48740 #408FA4 #5540A4

monochromatic

#4C3F1E #78632F #A48740 #C1A560 #D2BE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A48740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A48740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48740

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48740	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a977',
    500: '#a48740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48740;
$custom-light: #c2a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63586,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48740

secondary

#8394BD

accent

#79D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48740

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

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