#AD8934#AD8934

#AD8934 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8934
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 4.61, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 49.20, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0087 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.11 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8006, 27.0253, 7.0529)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8934 #3458AD

analogous

#AD4D34 #AD8934 #95AD34

triadic

#AD8934 #34AD89 #8934AD

tetradic

#AD8934 #34AD4D #3458AD #AD3495

square

#AD8934 #34AD4D #3458AD #AD3495

split-complementary

#AD8934 #3495AD #4D34AD

monochromatic

#4F3E18 #7E6426 #AD8934 #CBA753 #D9BF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AD8934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AD8934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8934

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8934	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)

#998829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab70',
    500: '#ad8934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8934;
$custom-light: #c9ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64826,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8934

secondary

#7A90C3

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8934

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

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