#AD8541#AD8541

#AD8541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8541
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 7.66, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 42.51, 79.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.0194 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.099 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5767, 26.0427, 8.6270)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8541 #4169AD

analogous

#AD4F41 #AD8541 #9FAD41

triadic

#AD8541 #41AD85 #8541AD

tetradic

#AD8541 #41AD4F #4169AD #AD419F

square

#AD8541 #41AD4F #4169AD #AD419F

split-complementary

#AD8541 #419FAD #4F41AD

monochromatic

#544120 #816330 #AD8541 #C5A266 #D6BD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AD8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8541

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8541	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a878',
    500: '#ad8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8541;
$custom-light: #c9a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64144,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8541

secondary

#889DC2

accent

#83D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8541

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

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