#AD8136#AD8136

#AD8136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8136
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 9.18, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 46.80, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0223 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.106 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7513, 24.8530, 6.9301)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8136 #3662AD

analogous

#AD4536 #AD8136 #9EAD36

triadic

#AD8136 #36AD81 #8136AD

tetradic

#AD8136 #36AD45 #3662AD #AD369E

square

#AD8136 #36AD45 #3662AD #AD369E

split-complementary

#AD8136 #369EAD #4536AD

monochromatic

#503B19 #7E5E27 #AD8136 #CA9F56 #D9BA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AD8136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AD8136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8136

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8136	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a571',
    500: '#ad8136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8136;
$custom-light: #c9a571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8136

secondary

#7C96C2

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8136

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

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