#A48849#A48849

#A48849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.089 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48849
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 2.65, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 37.53, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0064 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.089 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3177, 25.9832, 9.9838)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48849 #4965A4

analogous

#A45A49 #A48849 #93A449

triadic

#A48849 #49A488 #8849A4

tetradic

#A48849 #49A45A #4965A4 #A44993

square

#A48849 #49A45A #4965A4 #A44993

split-complementary

#A48849 #4993A4 #5A49A4

monochromatic

#4F4223 #7A6536 #A48849 #BEA56C #D1BF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A48849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A48849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48849

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48849	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.089 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa7d',
    500: '#a48849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48849;
$custom-light: #c1aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48849

secondary

#8C9BBD

accent

#7DCE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48849

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

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