#A48974#A48974

#A48974 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.045 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48974
RGB	rgb(164, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(26, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(26, 29%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 29.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 6.98, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 16.63, 65.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0225 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.045 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4083, 27.0459, 20.2962)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48974 #748FA4

analogous

#A47477 #A48974 #A4A174

triadic

#A48974 #74A489 #8974A4

tetradic

#A48974 #77A474 #748FA4 #A174A4

square

#A48974 #77A474 #748FA4 #A174A4

split-complementary

#A48974 #74A4A1 #7477A4

monochromatic

#5F4D3E #846B57 #A48974 #BCA899 #D4C8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A48974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#A48974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48974

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48974	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.045 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfab9c',
    500: '#a48974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48974;
$custom-light: #bfab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 20.87,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.04468,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48974

secondary

#B0BBC4

accent

#99BD6A

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48974

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

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