#A48940#A48940

#A48940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48940
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 1.38, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 42.21, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0015 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.098 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1821, 26.1554, 8.5716)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48940 #405BA4

analogous

#A45740 #A48940 #8DA440

triadic

#A48940 #40A489 #8940A4

tetradic

#A48940 #40A457 #405BA4 #A4408D

square

#A48940 #40A457 #405BA4 #A4408D

split-complementary

#A48940 #408DA4 #5740A4

monochromatic

#4C3F1E #78642F #A48940 #C1A760 #D2BF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A48940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#A48940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48940

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48940	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)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ab77',
    500: '#a48940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48940;
$custom-light: #c2ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.8,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64008,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48940

secondary

#8392BD

accent

#77D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4ED

border

#D1CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48940

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

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