#AD8142#AD8142

#AD8142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8142
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 9.96, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 41.36, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0263 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.097 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0687, 24.9800, 8.6018)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8142 #426EAD

analogous

#AD4C42 #AD8142 #A4AD42

triadic

#AD8142 #42AD81 #8142AD

tetradic

#AD8142 #42AD4C #426EAD #AD42A4

square

#AD8142 #42AD4C #426EAD #AD42A4

split-complementary

#AD8142 #42A4AD #4C42AD

monochromatic

#543F20 #816031 #AD8142 #C59E67 #D6BB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8142

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8142	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a578',
    500: '#ad8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8142;
$custom-light: #c9a578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8142

secondary

#89A0C1

accent

#88D453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8142

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

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