#A48D56#A48D56

#A48D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.079 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D56
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 1.10, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 32.45, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0034 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.079 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5153, 27.6154, 12.7359)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D56 #566DA4

analogous

#A46656 #A48D56 #94A456

triadic

#A48D56 #56A48D #8D56A4

tetradic

#A48D56 #56A466 #566DA4 #A45694

square

#A48D56 #56A466 #566DA4 #A45694

split-complementary

#A48D56 #5694A4 #6656A4

monochromatic

#54482C #7C6A41 #A48D56 #BBA87D #D0C3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A48D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A48D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D56

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D56	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.079 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae86',
    500: '#a48d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d56;
$custom-light: #c1ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65167,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D56

secondary

#99A3BD

accent

#7FC760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D56

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

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