#A48856#A48856

#A48856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.075 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48856
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 3.88, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 30.99, 82.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0115 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.076 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7946, 26.1740, 12.4957)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48856 #5672A4

analogous

#A46156 #A48856 #99A456

triadic

#A48856 #56A488 #8856A4

tetradic

#A48856 #56A461 #5672A4 #A45699

square

#A48856 #56A461 #5672A4 #A45699

split-complementary

#A48856 #5699A4 #6156A4

monochromatic

#54452C #7C6741 #A48856 #BBA47D #D0C0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A48856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A48856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48856

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48856	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)

#948852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.075 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa86',
    500: '#a48856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48856;
$custom-light: #c1aa86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64115,
    "c": 0.0755,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48856

secondary

#99A6BD

accent

#85C760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48856

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

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