#AD8237#AD8237

#AD8237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8237
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 8.68, 45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 46.52, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.021 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.106 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9074, 25.1272, 7.0992)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8237 #3762AD

analogous

#AD4737 #AD8237 #9DAD37

triadic

#AD8237 #37AD82 #8237AD

tetradic

#AD8237 #37AD47 #3762AD #AD379D

square

#AD8237 #37AD47 #3762AD #AD379D

split-complementary

#AD8237 #379DAD #4737AD

monochromatic

#503C19 #7F5F28 #AD8237 #CAA057 #D8BA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#AD8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#AD8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8237

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8237	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)

#93832E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a671',
    500: '#ad8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8237;
$custom-light: #c9a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63423,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8237

secondary

#7D97C2

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8237

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

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