#AD8971#AD8971

#AD8971 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.056 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8971
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 113)
HSL	hsl(24, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 34.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, 10.24, 18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 20.79, 60.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0319 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.056 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1606, 27.9692, 19.4822)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8971 #7195AD

analogous

#AD7177 #AD8971 #ADA771

triadic

#AD8971 #71AD89 #8971AD

tetradic

#AD8971 #77AD71 #7195AD #A771AD

square

#AD8971 #77AD71 #7195AD #A771AD

split-complementary

#AD8971 #71ADA7 #7177AD

monochromatic

#684D3C #8F6A52 #AD8971 #C3A998 #DAC9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AD8971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AD8971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8971

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8971	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.056 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab9a',
    500: '#ad8971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8971;
$custom-light: #c6ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65782,
    "c": 0.05586,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8971

secondary

#B1BFC9

accent

#9DC365

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8971

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

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