#A48949#A48949

#A48949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.089 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A48949
RGBrgb(164, 137, 73)
HSLhsl(42, 38%, 46%)
HSVhsv(42, 55%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.29, 2.10, 37.76)
CIE-LCHlch(58.29, 37.81, 86.82°)
OKLaboklab(64.13% 0.0048 0.0892)
OKLCHoklch(64.13% 0.089 86.9)
XYZxyz(25.4592, 26.2662, 10.0309)
Luminance0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A48949 #4964A4
analogous
#A45C49 #A48949 #92A449
triadic
#A48949 #49A489 #8949A4
tetradic
#A48949 #49A45C #4964A4 #A44992
square
#A48949 #49A45C #4964A4 #A44992
split-complementary
#A48949 #4992A4 #5C49A4
monochromatic
#4F4223 #7A6636 #A48949 #BEA66C #D1BF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36
#A48949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25
#A48949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48949
6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A48949#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A489491.003.366.256.25
#FFFFFF3.361.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2521.001.001.00
##0000006.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#968843
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B07F7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a48949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.089 86.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7d',
    500: '#a48949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a48949;
$custom-light: #c1ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a48949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.198,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64125,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A48949
secondary
#8C9ABD
accent
#7CCE59
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F8F4EE
border
#D1CEC9
text
#13100A
muted
#827F7C

Preview Lab

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#A48949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva