#AD8440#AD8440

#AD8440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.099 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8440
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 8.14, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 42.79, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0206 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.099 78)
XYZ	xyz(26.4117, 25.7587, 8.4303)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8440 #4069AD

analogous

#AD4D40 #AD8440 #A0AD40

triadic

#AD8440 #40AD84 #8440AD

tetradic

#AD8440 #40AD4D #4069AD #AD40A0

square

#AD8440 #40AD4D #4069AD #AD40A0

split-complementary

#AD8440 #40A0AD #4D40AD

monochromatic

#54401F #80622F #AD8440 #C6A164 #D6BC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8440

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8440	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.099 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a777',
    500: '#ad8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8440;
$custom-light: #c9a777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.431,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63928,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.25757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8440

secondary

#879DC2

accent

#84D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8440

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

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