#AD8A2B#AD8A2B

#AD8A2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A2B
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 3.60, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 53.10, 86.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0047 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.117 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7597, 27.2374, 6.1329)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A2B #2B4EAD

analogous

#AD492B #AD8A2B #8FAD2B

triadic

#AD8A2B #2BAD8A #8A2BAD

tetradic

#AD8A2B #2BAD49 #2B4EAD #AD2B8F

square

#AD8A2B #2BAD49 #2B4EAD #AD2B8F

split-complementary

#AD8A2B #2B8FAD #492BAD

monochromatic

#4B3C13 #7C631F #AD8A2B #D1AB45 #DDC176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A2B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6b',
    500: '#ad8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a2b;
$custom-light: #caab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64958,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A2B

secondary

#6F86C4

accent

#6FE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A2B

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

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