#AD8232#AD8232

#AD8232 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8232
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 8.39, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 48.69, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0194 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.109 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7936, 25.0817, 6.4997)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8232 #325DAD

analogous

#AD4432 #AD8232 #9AAD32

triadic

#AD8232 #32AD82 #8232AD

tetradic

#AD8232 #32AD44 #325DAD #AD329A

square

#AD8232 #32AD44 #325DAD #AD329A

split-complementary

#AD8232 #329AAD #4432AD

monochromatic

#4E3B17 #7E5E24 #AD8232 #CCA150 #DABA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AD8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AD8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8232

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8232	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a66e',
    500: '#ad8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8232;
$custom-light: #c9a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8232

secondary

#7892C3

accent

#7DDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8232

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

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