#A48837#A48837

#A48837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48837
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 1.31, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 46.12, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0002 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.105 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8049, 25.7781, 7.2828)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48837 #3753A4

analogous

#A45137 #A48837 #89A437

triadic

#A48837 #37A488 #8837A4

tetradic

#A48837 #37A451 #3753A4 #A43789

square

#A48837 #37A451 #3753A4 #A43789

split-complementary

#A48837 #3789A4 #5137A4

monochromatic

#483C18 #766228 #A48837 #C5A853 #D5BF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A48837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A48837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48837

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48837	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa72',
    500: '#a48837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48837;
$custom-light: #c2aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.587,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63697,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48837

secondary

#798BBE

accent

#72D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48837

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

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