#AD894D#AD894D

#AD894D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.090 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD894D
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 55.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 6.37, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 37.61, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0172 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.09 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5201, 27.3130, 10.8422)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD894D #4D71AD

analogous

#AD594D #AD894D #A1AD4D

triadic

#AD894D #4DAD89 #894DAD

tetradic

#AD894D #4DAD59 #4D71AD #AD4DA1

square

#AD894D #4DAD59 #4D71AD #AD4DA1

split-complementary

#AD894D #4DA1AD #594DAD

monochromatic

#584627 #83673A #AD894D #C2A575 #D5C1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD894D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AD894D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD894D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD894D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD894D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad894d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.090 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab80',
    500: '#ad894d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad894d;
$custom-light: #c8ab80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad894d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD894D

secondary

#94A5C2

accent

#85CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD894D

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

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