#A48948#A48948

#A48948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.090 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48948
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 2.01, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 38.31, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0044 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.09 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4263, 26.2531, 9.8577)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48948 #4863A4

analogous

#A45B48 #A48948 #91A448

triadic

#A48948 #48A489 #8948A4

tetradic

#A48948 #48A45B #4863A4 #A44891

square

#A48948 #48A45B #4863A4 #A44891

split-complementary

#A48948 #4891A4 #5B48A4

monochromatic

#4F4223 #796535 #A48948 #BEA66B #D1BF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A48948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A48948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48948

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48948	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)

#968842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.090 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7d',
    500: '#a48948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48948;
$custom-light: #c1ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.391,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48948

secondary

#8B9ABD

accent

#7CCF59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48948

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

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