#AD8043#AD8043

#AD8043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.096 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8043
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 10.60, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 40.75, 74.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.0283 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.096 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9674, 24.7297, 8.7147)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8043 #4370AD

analogous

#AD4B43 #AD8043 #A5AD43

triadic

#AD8043 #43AD80 #8043AD

tetradic

#AD8043 #43AD4B #4370AD #AD43A5

square

#AD8043 #43AD4B #4370AD #AD43A5

split-complementary

#AD8043 #43A5AD #4B43AD

monochromatic

#553F21 #815F32 #AD8043 #C59E68 #D6BA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#AD8043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#AD8043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8043

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8043	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.096 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a479',
    500: '#ad8043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8043;
$custom-light: #c9a479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.528,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8043

secondary

#8AA2C1

accent

#8AD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8043

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

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