#AD8438#AD8438

#AD8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8438
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 7.62, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 46.43, 80.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.018 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.106 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2002, 25.6741, 7.3163)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8438 #3861AD

analogous

#AD4938 #AD8438 #9CAD38

triadic

#AD8438 #38AD84 #8438AD

tetradic

#AD8438 #38AD49 #3861AD #AD389C

square

#AD8438 #38AD49 #3861AD #AD389C

split-complementary

#AD8438 #389CAD #4938AD

monochromatic

#513D1A #7F6129 #AD8438 #C9A259 #D8BC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AD8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#AD8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8438

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8438	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a772',
    500: '#ad8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8438;
$custom-light: #c9a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.974,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63839,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8438

secondary

#7F96C2

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8438

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

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