#A48E4E#A48E4E

#A48E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.088 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E4E
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 52.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -0.22, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 36.86, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0014 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.088 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3590, 27.7898, 11.1818)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E4E #4E64A4

analogous

#A4634E #A48E4E #8FA44E

triadic

#A48E4E #4EA48E #8E4EA4

tetradic

#A48E4E #4EA463 #4E64A4 #A44E8F

square

#A48E4E #4EA463 #4E64A4 #A44E8F

split-complementary

#A48E4E #4E8FA4 #634EA4

monochromatic

#514627 #7B6A3A #A48E4E #BCAA73 #D0C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A48E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A48E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E4E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E4E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.088 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae81',
    500: '#a48e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e4e;
$custom-light: #c1ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E4E

secondary

#919CBD

accent

#79CC5C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E4E

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

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