#A48B60#A48B60

#A48B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.066 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48B60
RGB	rgb(164, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 41%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 41.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 3.30, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 26.71, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0107 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.066 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6545, 27.2035, 14.9109)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48B60 #6079A4

analogous

#A46960 #A48B60 #9BA460

triadic

#A48B60 #60A48B #8B60A4

tetradic

#A48B60 #60A469 #6079A4 #A4609B

square

#A48B60 #60A469 #6079A4 #A4609B

split-complementary

#A48B60 #609BA4 #6960A4

monochromatic

#584A32 #7E6B48 #A48B60 #BAA787 #D1C4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A48B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A48B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48B60

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48B60	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.066 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ac8d',
    500: '#a48b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48b60;
$custom-light: #c0ac8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 27.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64922,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48B60

secondary

#A1ACBF

accent

#87C464

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48B60

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

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