#A48E53#A48E53

#A48E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.082 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E53
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 49.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 0.25, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 34.31, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0006 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.082 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5451, 27.8642, 12.1620)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E53 #5369A4

analogous

#A46553 #A48E53 #91A453

triadic

#A48E53 #53A48E #8E53A4

tetradic

#A48E53 #53A465 #5369A4 #A45391

square

#A48E53 #53A465 #5369A4 #A45391

split-complementary

#A48E53 #5391A4 #6553A4

monochromatic

#53482A #7B6B3E #A48E53 #BBA979 #D0C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A48E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A48E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E53

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E53	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.082 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1ae84',
    500: '#a48e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e53;
$custom-light: #c1ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.704,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65331,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E53

secondary

#96A0BD

accent

#7CC95F

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E53

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

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