#A48E79#A48E79

#A48E79 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.040 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48E79
RGB	rgb(164, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(29, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 26.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 4.90, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 15.06, 71.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.0165 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.04 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4343, 28.6199, 22.1118)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48E79 #798FA4

analogous

#A47979 #A48E79 #A4A379

triadic

#A48E79 #79A48E #8E79A4

tetradic

#A48E79 #79A479 #798FA4 #A379A4

square

#A48E79 #79A479 #798FA4 #A379A4

split-complementary

#A48E79 #79A4A3 #7979A4

monochromatic

#615142 #856F5B #A48E79 #BDAD9D #D6CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A48E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#A48E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48E79

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48E79	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.040 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfaf9f',
    500: '#a48e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48e79;
$custom-light: #bfaf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.302,
    "s": 19.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66087,
    "c": 0.0401,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48E79

secondary

#B3BDC5

accent

#95BC6C

background

#FBFAF9

surface

#F7F4F2

border

#D0CECC

text

#12100E

muted

#817F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48E79

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

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