#AD8038#AD8038

#AD8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.105 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8038
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 9.85, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 45.76, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0245 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.105 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6682, 24.6100, 7.1389)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8038 #3865AD

analogous

#AD4538 #AD8038 #A0AD38

triadic

#AD8038 #38AD80 #8038AD

tetradic

#AD8038 #38AD45 #3865AD #AD38A0

square

#AD8038 #38AD45 #3865AD #AD38A0

split-complementary

#AD8038 #38A0AD #4538AD

monochromatic

#513C1A #7F5E29 #AD8038 #C99E59 #D8B987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#AD8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#AD8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8038

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8038	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)

#918230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.105 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a472',
    500: '#ad8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8038;
$custom-light: #c9a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6303,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8038

secondary

#7F99C2

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8038

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

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