#A48836#A48836

#A48836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.106 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48836
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 1.25, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 46.57, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0001 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.106 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7811, 25.7686, 7.1579)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48836 #3652A4

analogous

#A45136 #A48836 #89A436

triadic

#A48836 #36A488 #8836A4

tetradic

#A48836 #36A451 #3652A4 #A43689

square

#A48836 #36A451 #3652A4 #A43689

split-complementary

#A48836 #3689A4 #5136A4

monochromatic

#483C18 #766227 #A48836 #C6A851 #D5BF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A48836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A48836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48836

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48836	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.106 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa71',
    500: '#a48836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48836;
$custom-light: #c2aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.727,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48836

secondary

#788ABE

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48836

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

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