#AD8032#AD8032

#AD8032 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.109 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8032
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 9.51, 47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 48.37, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0227 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.109 78)
XYZ	xyz(25.5301, 24.5548, 6.4119)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8032 #325FAD

analogous

#AD4232 #AD8032 #9CAD32

triadic

#AD8032 #32AD80 #8032AD

tetradic

#AD8032 #32AD42 #325FAD #AD329C

square

#AD8032 #32AD42 #325FAD #AD329C

split-complementary

#AD8032 #329CAD #4232AD

monochromatic

#4E3A17 #7E5D24 #AD8032 #CC9F50 #DAB97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AD8032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#AD8032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8032

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8032	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.109 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa46e',
    500: '#ad8032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8032;
$custom-light: #caa46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.24553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8032

secondary

#7893C3

accent

#80DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8032

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

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