#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
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 2.10, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 37.81, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0048 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.089 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4592, 26.2662, 10.0309)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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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
##A48949	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)

#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

Preview with #A48949

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

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