#A48950#A48950

#A48950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48950
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 51.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 2.73, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 34.30, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0075 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.082 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7045, 26.3643, 11.3228)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48950 #506BA4

analogous

#A45F50 #A48950 #95A450

triadic

#A48950 #50A489 #8950A4

tetradic

#A48950 #50A45F #506BA4 #A45095

square

#A48950 #50A45F #506BA4 #A45095

split-complementary

#A48950 #5095A4 #5F50A4

monochromatic

#524428 #7B673C #A48950 #BCA575 #D0C09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A48950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A48950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48950

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48950	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96884B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab82',
    500: '#a48950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48950;
$custom-light: #c1ab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64227,
    "c": 0.08229,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48950

secondary

#93A0BD

accent

#80CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48950

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

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