#AD8A2F#AD8A2F

#AD8A2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A2F
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 3.79, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 51.51, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0057 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.114 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8367, 27.2682, 6.5386)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A2F #2F52AD

analogous

#AD4B2F #AD8A2F #91AD2F

triadic

#AD8A2F #2FAD8A #8A2FAD

tetradic

#AD8A2F #2FAD4B #2F52AD #AD2F91

square

#AD8A2F #2FAD4B #2F52AD #AD2F91

split-complementary

#AD8A2F #2F91AD #4B2FAD

monochromatic

#4D3D15 #7D6422 #AD8A2F #CEAA4B #DBC17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A2F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A2F	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	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)

#9A8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6d',
    500: '#ad8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a2f;
$custom-light: #c9ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64989,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A2F

secondary

#748AC4

accent

#72E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A2F

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

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