#A48838#A48838

#A48838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.104 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48838
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 1.37, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 45.67, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0005 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.104 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8291, 25.7878, 7.4104)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48838 #3854A4

analogous

#A45238 #A48838 #8AA438

triadic

#A48838 #38A488 #8838A4

tetradic

#A48838 #38A452 #3854A4 #A4388A

square

#A48838 #38A452 #3854A4 #A4388A

split-complementary

#A48838 #388AA4 #5238A4

monochromatic

#493C19 #766228 #A48838 #C5A854 #D4BF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A48838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A48838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48838

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48838	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)

#97862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.104 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa72',
    500: '#a48838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48838;
$custom-light: #c2aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63707,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48838

secondary

#7A8CBE

accent

#73D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48838

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

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