#A48972#A48972

#A48972 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.047 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48972
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(28, 22%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 30.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 6.71, 16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 17.50, 67.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0217 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.047 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2932, 26.9998, 19.6901)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48972 #728DA4

analogous

#A47274 #A48972 #A4A272

triadic

#A48972 #72A489 #8972A4

tetradic

#A48972 #74A472 #728DA4 #A272A4

square

#A48972 #74A472 #728DA4 #A272A4

split-complementary

#A48972 #72A4A2 #7274A4

monochromatic

#5F4C3D #846B55 #A48972 #BCA897 #D4C7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A48972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A48972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48972

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48972	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.047 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab9a',
    500: '#a48972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48972;
$custom-light: #bfab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.6,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.04656,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48972

secondary

#AEBAC3

accent

#97BE6A

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48972

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

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