#A48947#A48947

#A48947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.091 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48947
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 1.93, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 38.80, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% 0.004 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.091 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3939, 26.2401, 9.6873)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48947 #4762A4

analogous

#A45B47 #A48947 #90A447

triadic

#A48947 #47A489 #8947A4

tetradic

#A48947 #47A45B #4762A4 #A44790

square

#A48947 #47A45B #4762A4 #A44790

split-complementary

#A48947 #4790A4 #5B47A4

monochromatic

#4F4222 #796535 #A48947 #BEA66A #D1BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48947

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48947	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)

#968841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.091 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7c',
    500: '#a48947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48947;
$custom-light: #c1ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 39.574,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64097,
    "c": 0.09126,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48947

secondary

#8A99BD

accent

#7BCF58

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48947

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

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