#AD893B#AD893B

#AD893B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.105 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD893B
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 5.03, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 46.11, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0109 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.105 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9701, 27.0931, 7.9458)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD893B #3B5FAD

analogous

#AD503B #AD893B #98AD3B

triadic

#AD893B #3BAD89 #893BAD

tetradic

#AD893B #3BAD50 #3B5FAD #AD3B98

square

#AD893B #3BAD50 #3B5FAD #AD3B98

split-complementary

#AD893B #3B98AD #503BAD

monochromatic

#52411C #7F652B #AD893B #C8A65D #D7BF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AD893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AD893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD893B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD893B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.105 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab74',
    500: '#ad893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad893b;
$custom-light: #c9ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64895,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD893B

secondary

#8296C2

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD893B

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

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