#AD8231#AD8231

#AD8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8231
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 8.34, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 49.12, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0192 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.11 80)
XYZ	xyz(25.7722, 25.0732, 6.3873)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8231 #315CAD

analogous

#AD4431 #AD8231 #9AAD31

triadic

#AD8231 #31AD82 #8231AD

tetradic

#AD8231 #31AD44 #315CAD #AD319A

square

#AD8231 #31AD44 #315CAD #AD319A

split-complementary

#AD8231 #319AAD #4431AD

monochromatic

#4E3A16 #7D5E23 #AD8231 #CDA14E #DABA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AD8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AD8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8231

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8231	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66e',
    500: '#ad8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8231;
$custom-light: #caa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63365,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.25071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8231

secondary

#7791C3

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8231

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

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