#AD8A2C#AD8A2C

#AD8A2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.116 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A2C
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 3.64, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 52.71, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.005 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.116 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7783, 27.2448, 6.2307)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A2C #2C4FAD

analogous

#AD4A2C #AD8A2C #8FAD2C

triadic

#AD8A2C #2CAD8A #8A2CAD

tetradic

#AD8A2C #2CAD4A #2C4FAD #AD2C8F

square

#AD8A2C #2CAD4A #2C4FAD #AD2C8F

split-complementary

#AD8A2C #2C8FAD #4A2CAD

monochromatic

#4B3C13 #7C6320 #AD8A2C #D0AB46 #DCC177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A2C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A2C	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)

#9B891E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.116 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6c',
    500: '#ad8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a2c;
$custom-light: #caab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.721,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64966,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A2C

secondary

#7187C4

accent

#70E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A2C

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

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