#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
RGBrgb(164, 141, 89)
HSLhsl(42, 30%, 50%)
HSVhsv(42, 46%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(59.58, 1.42, 30.87)
CIE-LCHlch(59.58, 30.90, 87.37°)
OKLaboklab(65.22% 0.0046 0.0751)
OKLCHoklch(65.22% 0.075 86.5)
XYZxyz(26.6387, 27.6647, 13.3859)
Luminance0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A48D591.003.216.536.53
#FFFFFF3.211.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5321.001.001.00
##0000006.5321.001.001.00

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

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#A48D59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva