#A48C49#A48C49

#A48C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.091 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C49
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 0.44, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 38.72, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0001 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.091 90)
XYZ	xyz(25.8916, 27.1310, 10.1751)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C49 #4961A4

analogous

#A45F49 #A48C49 #8FA449

triadic

#A48C49 #49A48C #8C49A4

tetradic

#A48C49 #49A45F #4961A4 #A4498F

square

#A48C49 #49A45F #4961A4 #A4498F

split-complementary

#A48C49 #498FA4 #5F49A4

monochromatic

#4F4423 #7A6836 #A48C49 #BEA86C #D1C197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A48C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#A48C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C49

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C49	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.091 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad7d',
    500: '#a48c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c49;
$custom-light: #c1ad7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.176,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6476,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C49

secondary

#8C99BD

accent

#78CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48C49

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

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