#A48840#A48840

#A48840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.097 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48840
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 1.93, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 41.93, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0031 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.097 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0406, 25.8724, 8.5244)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48840 #405CA4

analogous

#A45640 #A48840 #8EA440

triadic

#A48840 #40A488 #8840A4

tetradic

#A48840 #40A456 #405CA4 #A4408E

square

#A48840 #40A456 #405CA4 #A4408E

split-complementary

#A48840 #408EA4 #5640A4

monochromatic

#4C3F1E #78632F #A48840 #C1A660 #D2BF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A48840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A48840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48840

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48840	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.097 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa77',
    500: '#a48840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48840;
$custom-light: #c2aa77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48840

secondary

#8393BD

accent

#78D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48840

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

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