#AD8A26#AD8A26

#AD8A26 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A26
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 3.38, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 54.97, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0035 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.12 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6735, 27.2029, 5.6791)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A26 #2649AD

analogous

#AD4626 #AD8A26 #8DAD26

triadic

#AD8A26 #26AD8A #8A26AD

tetradic

#AD8A26 #26AD46 #2649AD #AD268D

square

#AD8A26 #26AD46 #2649AD #AD268D

split-complementary

#AD8A26 #268DAD #4626AD

monochromatic

#493A10 #7B621B #AD8A26 #D4AD3C #DFC26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A26

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A26	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)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab68',
    500: '#ad8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a26;
$custom-light: #caab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64923,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A26

secondary

#6981C6

accent

#6CE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A26

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

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