#AD8542#AD8542

#AD8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.098 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8542
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 7.73, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 42.05, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0197 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.098 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6059, 26.0544, 8.7809)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8542 #426AAD

analogous

#AD5042 #AD8542 #A0AD42

triadic

#AD8542 #42AD85 #8542AD

tetradic

#AD8542 #42AD50 #426AAD #AD42A0

square

#AD8542 #42AD50 #426AAD #AD42A0

split-complementary

#AD8542 #42A0AD #5042AD

monochromatic

#544120 #816331 #AD8542 #C5A267 #D6BD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AD8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8542

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8542	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)

#95863B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.098 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a879',
    500: '#ad8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8542;
$custom-light: #c9a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.57,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64156,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8542

secondary

#899EC1

accent

#84D453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8542

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

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