#AD8A30#AD8A30

#AD8A30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.114 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A30
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 3.84, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 51.10, 85.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.006 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.114 87)
XYZ	xyz(26.8571, 27.2764, 6.6460)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A30 #3053AD

analogous

#AD4B30 #AD8A30 #91AD30

triadic

#AD8A30 #30AD8A #8A30AD

tetradic

#AD8A30 #30AD4B #3053AD #AD3091

square

#AD8A30 #30AD4B #3053AD #AD3091

split-complementary

#AD8A30 #3091AD #4B30AD

monochromatic

#4D3E15 #7D6423 #AD8A30 #CEA94D #DBC07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AD8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A30

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A30	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)

#9A8924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.114 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6e',
    500: '#ad8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a30;
$custom-light: #c9ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64998,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.27275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A30

secondary

#758BC3

accent

#72E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A30

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

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