#AD8932#AD8932

#AD8932 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8932
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 50)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 4.50, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 50.05, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.0081 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.112 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7565, 27.0076, 6.8207)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8932 #3256AD

analogous

#AD4B32 #AD8932 #93AD32

triadic

#AD8932 #32AD89 #8932AD

tetradic

#AD8932 #32AD4B #3256AD #AD3293

square

#AD8932 #32AD4B #3256AD #AD3293

split-complementary

#AD8932 #3293AD #4B32AD

monochromatic

#4E3E17 #7E6324 #AD8932 #CCA850 #DAC07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AD8932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AD8932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8932

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8932	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)

#998827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6f',
    500: '#ad8932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8932;
$custom-light: #c9ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64808,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8932

secondary

#788EC3

accent

#75DE49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8932

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

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