#A48B4E#A48B4E

#A48B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.086 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B4E
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 1.43, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 35.90, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0035 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.086 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9186, 26.9091, 11.0350)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B4E #4E67A4

analogous

#A4604E #A48B4E #92A44E

triadic

#A48B4E #4EA48B #8B4EA4

tetradic

#A48B4E #4EA460 #4E67A4 #A44E92

square

#A48B4E #4EA460 #4E67A4 #A44E92

split-complementary

#A48B4E #4E92A4 #604EA4

monochromatic

#514527 #7B683A #A48B4E #BCA773 #D0C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A48B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A48B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B4E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B4E	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.086 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ac81',
    500: '#a48b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b4e;
$custom-light: #c1ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.558,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64619,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B4E

secondary

#919EBD

accent

#7DCC5C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B4E

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