#AD8933#AD8933

#AD8933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.111 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8933
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 4.55, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 49.63, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0084 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.111 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7783, 27.0163, 6.9356)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8933 #3357AD

analogous

#AD4C33 #AD8933 #94AD33

triadic

#AD8933 #33AD89 #8933AD

tetradic

#AD8933 #33AD4C #3357AD #AD3394

square

#AD8933 #33AD4C #3357AD #AD3394

split-complementary

#AD8933 #3394AD #4C33AD

monochromatic

#4E3E17 #7E6425 #AD8933 #CCA851 #DABF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AD8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AD8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8933

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8933	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)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.111 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6f',
    500: '#ad8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8933;
$custom-light: #c9ab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64817,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8933

secondary

#798FC3

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8933

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

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