#AD8548#AD8548

#AD8548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.093 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8548
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 8.19, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 39.21, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0219 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.093 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7922, 26.1289, 9.7619)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8548 #4870AD

analogous

#AD5348 #AD8548 #A2AD48

triadic

#AD8548 #48AD85 #8548AD

tetradic

#AD8548 #48AD53 #4870AD #AD48A2

square

#AD8548 #48AD53 #4870AD #AD48A2

split-complementary

#AD8548 #48A2AD #5348AD

monochromatic

#574324 #826436 #AD8548 #C3A26F #D5BE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AD8548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AD8548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8548

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8548	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.093 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a87d',
    500: '#ad8548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8548;
$custom-light: #c8a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64234,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8548

secondary

#8FA3C1

accent

#87D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8548

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

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