#A48847#A48847

#A48847 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48847
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 2.48, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 38.52, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0056 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.091 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2524, 25.9571, 9.6401)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48847 #4763A4

analogous

#A45947 #A48847 #91A447

triadic

#A48847 #47A488 #8847A4

tetradic

#A48847 #47A459 #4763A4 #A44791

square

#A48847 #47A459 #4763A4 #A44791

split-complementary

#A48847 #4791A4 #5947A4

monochromatic

#4F4122 #796535 #A48847 #BEA56A #D1BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A48847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48847

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48847	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)

#968741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7c',
    500: '#a48847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48847;
$custom-light: #c1aa7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.935,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63886,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48847

secondary

#8A99BD

accent

#7CCF58

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48847

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

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