#AD8736#AD8736

#AD8736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.108 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8736
RGB	rgb(173, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, 5.83, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 47.91, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.0125 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.108 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5650, 26.4803, 7.2014)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8736 #365CAD

analogous

#AD4B36 #AD8736 #98AD36

triadic

#AD8736 #36AD87 #8736AD

tetradic

#AD8736 #36AD4B #365CAD #AD3698

square

#AD8736 #36AD4B #365CAD #AD3698

split-complementary

#AD8736 #3698AD #4B36AD

monochromatic

#503E19 #7E6327 #AD8736 #CAA556 #D9BE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#AD8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#AD8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8736

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8736	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.108 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a971',
    500: '#ad8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8736;
$custom-light: #c9a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.84,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64432,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8736

secondary

#7C93C2

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8736

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

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