#A48D59#A48D59

#A48D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.075 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48D59
RGB	rgb(164, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 1.42, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 30.90, 87.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0046 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.075 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6387, 27.6647, 13.3859)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48D59 #5970A4

analogous

#A46859 #A48D59 #96A459

triadic

#A48D59 #59A48D #8D59A4

tetradic

#A48D59 #59A468 #5970A4 #A45996

square

#A48D59 #59A468 #5970A4 #A45996

split-complementary

#A48D59 #5996A4 #6859A4

monochromatic

#55492E #7C6B43 #A48D59 #BAA880 #D0C3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A48D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A48D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48D59

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48D59	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.075 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae88',
    500: '#a48d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48d59;
$custom-light: #c0ae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65217,
    "c": 0.07523,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48D59

secondary

#9BA6BE

accent

#81C662

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48D59

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

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