Light Brown#AD8150

#AD8150 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.085 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Light Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#AD8150
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 11.10, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 34.81, 71.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0315 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.085 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5331, 25.1657, 11.0478)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8150 #507CAD

analogous

#AD5350 #AD8150 #ABAD50

triadic

#AD8150 #50AD81 #8150AD

tetradic

#AD8150 #50AD53 #507CAD #AD50AB

square

#AD8150 #50AD53 #507CAD #AD50AB

split-complementary

#AD8150 #50ABAD #5350AD

monochromatic

#594329 #83623D #AD8150 #C19F79 #D4BDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#AD8150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#AD8150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8150

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8150	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90834C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.085 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a582',
    500: '#ad8150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8150;
$custom-light: #c8a582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.613,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8150

secondary

#97ABC2

accent

#91CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8150

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

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