#A48855#A48855

#A48855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.077 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48855
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 3.78, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 31.49, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.0111 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.077 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7546, 26.1580, 12.2850)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48855 #5571A4

analogous

#A46155 #A48855 #99A455

triadic

#A48855 #55A488 #8855A4

tetradic

#A48855 #55A461 #5571A4 #A45599

square

#A48855 #55A461 #5571A4 #A45599

split-complementary

#A48855 #5599A4 #6155A4

monochromatic

#53452B #7C6740 #A48855 #BBA47B #D0C0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A48855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A48855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48855

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48855	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.077 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa86',
    500: '#a48855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48855;
$custom-light: #c1aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.734,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48855

secondary

#98A5BD

accent

#85C860

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48855

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

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