#AD8A2A#AD8A2A

#AD8A2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A2A
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 3.55, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 53.48, 86.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0045 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.118 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7416, 27.2301, 6.0375)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A2A #2A4DAD

analogous

#AD482A #AD8A2A #8FAD2A

triadic

#AD8A2A #2AAD8A #8A2AAD

tetradic

#AD8A2A #2AAD48 #2A4DAD #AD2A8F

square

#AD8A2A #2AAD48 #2A4DAD #AD2A8F

split-complementary

#AD8A2A #2A8FAD #482AAD

monochromatic

#4B3B12 #7C631E #AD8A2A #D1AB43 #DDC174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A2A

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A2A	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ad8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a2a;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64951,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A2A

secondary

#6E85C5

accent

#6FE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A2A

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

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