#AD8137#AD8137

#AD8137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.106 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8137
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 9.23, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 46.36, 78.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0226 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.106 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7750, 24.8625, 7.0551)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8137 #3763AD

analogous

#AD4637 #AD8137 #9EAD37

triadic

#AD8137 #37AD81 #8137AD

tetradic

#AD8137 #37AD46 #3763AD #AD379E

square

#AD8137 #37AD46 #3763AD #AD379E

split-complementary

#AD8137 #379EAD #4637AD

monochromatic

#503C19 #7F5E28 #AD8137 #CA9F57 #D8BA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AD8137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AD8137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8137

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8137	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)

#92822F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.106 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a571',
    500: '#ad8137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8137;
$custom-light: #c9a571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.627,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63221,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8137

secondary

#7D97C2

accent

#82DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8137

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

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