#AD8931#AD8931

#AD8931 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.113 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8931
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 4.44, 50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 50.47, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0079 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.113 86)
XYZ	xyz(26.7352, 26.9991, 6.7083)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8931 #3155AD

analogous

#AD4B31 #AD8931 #93AD31

triadic

#AD8931 #31AD89 #8931AD

tetradic

#AD8931 #31AD4B #3155AD #AD3193

square

#AD8931 #31AD4B #3155AD #AD3193

split-complementary

#AD8931 #3193AD #4B31AD

monochromatic

#4E3D16 #7D6323 #AD8931 #CDA84E #DAC07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AD8931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AD8931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8931

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8931	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.113 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6e',
    500: '#ad8931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8931;
$custom-light: #c9ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64799,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.26997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8931

secondary

#778DC3

accent

#74DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8931

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

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