#AD8735#AD8735

#AD8735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8735
RGB	rgb(173, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, 5.77, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 48.34, 83.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0122 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.109 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5417, 26.4710, 7.0789)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8735 #355BAD

analogous

#AD4B35 #AD8735 #97AD35

triadic

#AD8735 #35AD87 #8735AD

tetradic

#AD8735 #35AD4B #355BAD #AD3597

square

#AD8735 #35AD4B #355BAD #AD3597

split-complementary

#AD8735 #3597AD #4B35AD

monochromatic

#4F3E18 #7E6227 #AD8735 #CBA554 #D9BE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AD8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#AD8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8735

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8735	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a970',
    500: '#ad8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8735;
$custom-light: #c9a970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64423,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8735

secondary

#7B92C3

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8735

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

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