#A48859#A48859

#A48859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.072 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48859
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 4.20, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 29.47, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0127 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.072 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9181, 26.2234, 13.1457)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48859 #5975A4

analogous

#A46359 #A48859 #9BA459

triadic

#A48859 #59A488 #8859A4

tetradic

#A48859 #59A463 #5975A4 #A4599B

square

#A48859 #59A463 #5975A4 #A4599B

split-complementary

#A48859 #599BA4 #6359A4

monochromatic

#55462E #7C6743 #A48859 #BAA480 #D0C1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A48859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48859

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48859	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.072 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0aa88',
    500: '#a48859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48859;
$custom-light: #c0aa88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64166,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48859

secondary

#9BA8BE

accent

#87C662

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48859

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

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