HEX atlas value

#D48B54

#D48B54 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Raw Sienna. RGB 212, 139, 84, HSL 26° 60% 58%, luminance 0.331; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm earth-tone

#D48B54 Sample readable text

HEX #D48B54

RGB rgb(212, 139, 84)

HSL hsl(26 60% 58%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 34, 60, 17)

Luminance 0.331

Contrast Black 7.62:1White 2.76:1

CSS

--color-d48b54: #D48B54;
.background-d48b54 { background-color: #D48B54; }
.text-d48b54 { color: #D48B54; }

HEX meaning and use

About #D48B54

#D48B54 is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #D48B54 is visually closest to Raw Sienna, a named orange color with HEX #D68A59.

The RGB channels are 212, 139, and 84, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 26deg with 60% saturation and 58% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.331, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.48, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.62:1AA Pass

White text2.76:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D48B54 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.62:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.76:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D4CC54#D4CC54 · #000000 text · best 12.56:1 #E7BD9D#E7BD9D · #000000 text · best 12.16:1 Butterscotch#E3963E · #000000 text · best 8.7:1 #EC883C#EC883C · #000000 text · best 8.15:1 Raw Sienna#D68A59 · #000000 text · best 7.64:1

Generated Palette

#D48B54#D48B54

#549CD4#549CD4

#D4545C#D4545C

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#E7BD9D#E7BD9D

#A35E29#A35E29

Color Harmonies

#549CD4#549CD4

#D4545C#D4545C

#D4CC54#D4CC54

#54D48B#54D48B

#8B54D4#8B54D4

Variants

#E7BD9D#E7BD9D

#A35E29#A35E29

#EC883C#EC883C

#BD8E6B#BD8E6B

#E7D1C0#E7D1C0

#FF9D52#FF9D52

Nearest Named Colors

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Peru#CD853F

Butterscotch#E3963E

Terracotta#E2725B

Burnt Sienna#E97451

Luminance0.331

Black text7.62:1AA Pass

White text2.76:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D48B54","rgb":[212,139,84],"hsl":[26,60,58],"cmyk":[0,34,60,17],"luminance":0.331,"contrast":{"black":7.62,"white":2.76}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.62,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.76,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D4CC54","hex":"#D4CC54","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.56,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#E7BD9D","hex":"#E7BD9D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.16,"contrastWhite":1.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Butterscotch","hex":"#E3963E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.7,"contrastWhite":2.41,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EC883C","hex":"#EC883C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.15,"contrastWhite":2.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.64,"contrastWhite":2.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","earth tone","earth tone orange","Raw Sienna adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d48b54.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peru.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butterscotch.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#549CD4","analogous":["#D4545C","#D4CC54"],"triadic":["#54D48B","#8B54D4"],"tetradic":["#5CD454","#549CD4","#CC54D4"],"splitComplementary":["#54D4CC","#545CD4"],"monochromatic":["#E7BD9D","#D48B54","#A35E29"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E7BD9D","dark":"#A35E29","saturated":"#EC883C","desaturated":"#BD8E6B","pastel":"#E7D1C0","neon":"#FF9D52"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"raw-sienna","name":"Raw Sienna","hex":"#D68A59","distance":5.477225575051661},{"slug":"peru","name":"Peru","hex":"#CD853F","distance":22.93468988235943},{"slug":"butterscotch","name":"Butterscotch","hex":"#E3963E","distance":28.809720581775867},{"slug":"terracotta","name":"Terracotta","hex":"#E2725B","distance":29.49576240750525},{"slug":"burnt-sienna","name":"Burnt Sienna","hex":"#E97451","distance":31.28897569432403}]

#D48B54

CSS

About #D48B54

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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