#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
RGBrgb(164, 135, 64)
HSLhsl(43, 44%, 45%)
HSVhsv(43, 61%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.7%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(57.65, 2.49, 41.58)
CIE-LCHlch(57.65, 41.65, 86.58°)
OKLaboklab(63.59% 0.0048 0.0964)
OKLCHoklch(63.59% 0.097 87.2)
XYZxyz(24.9004, 25.5920, 8.4777)
Luminance0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##A487401.003.436.126.12
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1221.001.001.00
##0000006.1221.001.001.00

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

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#A48740 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva