#AD8A2E#AD8A2E

#AD8A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A2E
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, 3.74, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 51.92, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0055 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.115 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8168, 27.2602, 6.4335)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A2E #2E51AD

analogous

#AD4B2E #AD8A2E #90AD2E

triadic

#AD8A2E #2EAD8A #8A2EAD

tetradic

#AD8A2E #2EAD4B #2E51AD #AD2E90

square

#AD8A2E #2EAD4B #2E51AD #AD2E90

split-complementary

#AD8A2E #2E90AD #4B2EAD

monochromatic

#4C3D14 #7D6321 #AD8A2E #CFAA49 #DCC17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A2E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A2E	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)

#9B8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6d',
    500: '#ad8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a2e;
$custom-light: #c9ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64981,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A2E

secondary

#7389C4

accent

#71E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A2E

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

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