#AD8037#AD8037

#AD8037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.105 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8037
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 9.79, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 46.20, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% 0.0242 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.105 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6439, 24.6003, 7.0114)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8037 #3764AD

analogous

#AD4537 #AD8037 #9FAD37

triadic

#AD8037 #37AD80 #8037AD

tetradic

#AD8037 #37AD45 #3764AD #AD379F

square

#AD8037 #37AD45 #3764AD #AD379F

split-complementary

#AD8037 #379FAD #4537AD

monochromatic

#503B19 #7F5E28 #AD8037 #CA9E57 #D8B986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AD8037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AD8037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8037

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8037	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.105 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a471',
    500: '#ad8037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8037;
$custom-light: #c9a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63019,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8037

secondary

#7D98C2

accent

#83DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8037

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

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