#AD8945#AD8945

#AD8945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.097 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8945
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 5.73, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 41.46, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0142 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.097 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2548, 27.2069, 9.4450)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8945 #4569AD

analogous

#AD5545 #AD8945 #9DAD45

triadic

#AD8945 #45AD89 #8945AD

tetradic

#AD8945 #45AD55 #4569AD #AD459D

square

#AD8945 #45AD55 #4569AD #AD459D

split-complementary

#AD8945 #459DAD #5545AD

monochromatic

#554422 #816634 #AD8945 #C4A56B #D5C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8945

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8945	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.097 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab7b',
    500: '#ad8945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8945;
$custom-light: #c8ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65011,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8945

secondary

#8C9FC1

accent

#81D355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8945

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

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