#A48843#A48843

#A48843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.094 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48843
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 2.16, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 40.48, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.0042 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.094 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1283, 25.9075, 8.9862)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48843 #435FA4

analogous

#A45743 #A48843 #90A443

triadic

#A48843 #43A488 #8843A4

tetradic

#A48843 #43A457 #435FA4 #A44390

square

#A48843 #43A457 #435FA4 #A44390

split-complementary

#A48843 #4390A4 #5743A4

monochromatic

#4D401F #796431 #A48843 #C0A564 #D2BF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A48843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A48843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48843

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48843	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.094 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2aa79',
    500: '#a48843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48843;
$custom-light: #c2aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.68,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48843

secondary

#8696BD

accent

#7AD256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48843

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

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