#A48A46#A48A46

#A48A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.093 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48A46
RGB	rgb(164, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 57.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 1.29, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 39.59, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0021 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.093 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5049, 26.5130, 9.5673)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48A46 #4660A4

analogous

#A45B46 #A48A46 #8FA446

triadic

#A48A46 #46A48A #8A46A4

tetradic

#A48A46 #46A45B #4660A4 #A4468F

square

#A48A46 #46A45B #4660A4 #A4468F

split-complementary

#A48A46 #468FA4 #5B46A4

monochromatic

#4E4221 #796634 #A48A46 #BFA768 #D1C093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A48A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A48A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48A46

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48A46	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.093 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ab7b',
    500: '#a48a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48a46;
$custom-light: #c1ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.404,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64296,
    "c": 0.09285,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48A46

secondary

#8997BD

accent

#79D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48A46

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

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