#A48845#A48845

#A48845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.093 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48845
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 2.32, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 39.50, 86.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0049 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.093 87)
XYZ	xyz(25.1893, 25.9319, 9.3076)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48845 #4561A4

analogous

#A45845 #A48845 #90A445

triadic

#A48845 #45A488 #8845A4

tetradic

#A48845 #45A458 #4561A4 #A44590

square

#A48845 #45A458 #4561A4 #A44590

split-complementary

#A48845 #4590A4 #5845A4

monochromatic

#4E4121 #796433 #A48845 #BFA567 #D1BF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A48845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48845

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48845	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.093 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7b',
    500: '#a48845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48845;
$custom-light: #c1aa7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.316,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6386,
    "c": 0.09255,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.25931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48845

secondary

#8898BD

accent

#7BD157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48845

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

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