#AD8936#AD8936

#AD8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8936
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 4.72, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 48.34, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0093 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.109 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8466, 27.0437, 7.2952)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8936 #365AAD

analogous

#AD4E36 #AD8936 #96AD36

triadic

#AD8936 #36AD89 #8936AD

tetradic

#AD8936 #36AD4E #365AAD #AD3696

square

#AD8936 #36AD4E #365AAD #AD3696

split-complementary

#AD8936 #3696AD #4E36AD

monochromatic

#503F19 #7E6427 #AD8936 #CAA756 #D9BF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AD8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AD8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8936

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8936	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab71',
    500: '#ad8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8936;
$custom-light: #c9ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64845,
    "c": 0.10899,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8936

secondary

#7C92C2

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8936

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

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