#A48946#A48946

#A48946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.092 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48946
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 1.85, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 39.30, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0037 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.092 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3621, 26.2274, 9.5197)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48946 #4661A4

analogous

#A45A46 #A48946 #90A446

triadic

#A48946 #46A489 #8946A4

tetradic

#A48946 #46A45A #4661A4 #A44690

square

#A48946 #46A45A #4661A4 #A44690

split-complementary

#A48946 #4690A4 #5A46A4

monochromatic

#4E4121 #796534 #A48946 #BFA668 #D1BF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48946

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48946	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.092 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7b',
    500: '#a48946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48946;
$custom-light: #c1ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.766,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64084,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48946

secondary

#8998BD

accent

#7AD058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48946

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

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