#A48848#A48848

#A48848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.090 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48848
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 2.57, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 38.03, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.006 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.09 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2848, 25.9701, 9.8106)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48848 #4864A4

analogous

#A45A48 #A48848 #92A448

triadic

#A48848 #48A488 #8848A4

tetradic

#A48848 #48A45A #4864A4 #A44892

square

#A48848 #48A45A #4864A4 #A44892

split-complementary

#A48848 #4892A4 #5A48A4

monochromatic

#4F4123 #796535 #A48848 #BEA56B #D1BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#A48848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48848

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48848	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)

#958742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.090 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7d',
    500: '#a48848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48848;
$custom-light: #c1aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.639,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48848

secondary

#8B9ABD

accent

#7DCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48848

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

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