#A48E5B#A48E5B

#A48E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.074 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E5B
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 44.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 1.08, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 30.19, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0038 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.074 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.8720, 27.9950, 13.8836)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E5B #5B71A4

analogous

#A46A5B #A48E5B #95A45B

triadic

#A48E5B #5BA48E #8E5BA4

tetradic

#A48E5B #5BA46A #5B71A4 #A45B95

square

#A48E5B #5BA46A #5B71A4 #A45B95

split-complementary

#A48E5B #5B95A4 #6A5BA4

monochromatic

#554A2F #7D6C45 #A48E5B #BAA982 #D0C4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A48E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#A48E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E5B

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E5B	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.074 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ae8a',
    500: '#a48e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e5b;
$custom-light: #c0ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 28.627,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.07371,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.27994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E5B

secondary

#9DA7BE

accent

#80C563

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E5B

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

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