#AD8448#AD8448

#AD8448 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.093 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8448
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 8.74, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 39.03, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0235 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.093 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6559, 25.8564, 9.7165)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8448 #4871AD

analogous

#AD5248 #AD8448 #A3AD48

triadic

#AD8448 #48AD84 #8448AD

tetradic

#AD8448 #48AD52 #4871AD #AD48A3

square

#AD8448 #48AD52 #4871AD #AD48A3

split-complementary

#AD8448 #48A3AD #5248AD

monochromatic

#574224 #826336 #AD8448 #C3A16F #D5BD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AD8448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8448

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8448	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.093 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a77c',
    500: '#ad8448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8448;
$custom-light: #c8a77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.644,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8448

secondary

#8FA4C1

accent

#88D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8448

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

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