#A48C4E#A48C4E

#A48C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.086 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48C4E
RGB	rgb(164, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 0.88, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 36.21, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0018 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.086 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0641, 27.2000, 11.0835)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48C4E #4E66A4

analogous

#A4614E #A48C4E #91A44E

triadic

#A48C4E #4EA48C #8C4EA4

tetradic

#A48C4E #4EA461 #4E66A4 #A44E91

square

#A48C4E #4EA461 #4E66A4 #A44E91

split-complementary

#A48C4E #4E91A4 #614EA4

monochromatic

#514527 #7B693A #A48C4E #BCA873 #D0C29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A48C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A48C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48C4E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48C4E	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)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.086 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ad81',
    500: '#a48c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48c4e;
$custom-light: #c1ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64831,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48C4E

secondary

#919DBD

accent

#7BCC5C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

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