#AD8544#AD8544

#AD8544 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.096 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8544
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 7.88, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 41.11, 78.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.0204 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.096 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6659, 26.0784, 9.0969)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8544 #446CAD

analogous

#AD5144 #AD8544 #A0AD44

triadic

#AD8544 #44AD85 #8544AD

tetradic

#AD8544 #44AD51 #446CAD #AD44A0

square

#AD8544 #44AD51 #446CAD #AD44A0

split-complementary

#AD8544 #44A0AD #5144AD

monochromatic

#554121 #816333 #AD8544 #C4A26A #D6BD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD8544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AD8544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8544

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8544	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.096 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a87a',
    500: '#ad8544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8544;
$custom-light: #c8a87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64181,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8544

secondary

#8BA0C1

accent

#85D354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8544

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

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