#AD8432#AD8432

#AD8432 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.110 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8432
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 7.28, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 49.04, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0162 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.11 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0622, 25.6189, 6.5893)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8432 #325BAD

analogous

#AD4632 #AD8432 #98AD32

triadic

#AD8432 #32AD84 #8432AD

tetradic

#AD8432 #32AD46 #325BAD #AD3298

square

#AD8432 #32AD46 #325BAD #AD3298

split-complementary

#AD8432 #3298AD #4632AD

monochromatic

#4E3C17 #7E6024 #AD8432 #CCA350 #DABC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AD8432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AD8432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8432

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8432	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.110 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a76e',
    500: '#ad8432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8432;
$custom-light: #c9a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63781,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8432

secondary

#7891C3

accent

#7BDE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8432

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

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