#A48973#A48973

#A48973 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.046 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48973
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(27, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 30%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 29.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 6.84, 15.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 17.06, 66.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0221 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.046 61)
XYZ	xyz(27.3504, 27.0227, 19.9916)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48973 #738EA4

analogous

#A47376 #A48973 #A4A273

triadic

#A48973 #73A489 #8973A4

tetradic

#A48973 #76A473 #738EA4 #A273A4

square

#A48973 #76A473 #738EA4 #A273A4

split-complementary

#A48973 #73A4A2 #7376A4

monochromatic

#5F4D3E #846B56 #A48973 #BCA898 #D4C8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A48973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A48973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48973

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48973	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)

#918B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.046 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab9b',
    500: '#a48973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48973;
$custom-light: #bfab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.939,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6491,
    "c": 0.04561,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48973

secondary

#AFBAC4

accent

#98BE6A

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48973

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

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