#AD8A31#AD8A31

#AD8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.113 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A31
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 3.89, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 50.69, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0063 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.113 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8780, 27.2847, 6.7559)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A31 #3154AD

analogous

#AD4C31 #AD8A31 #92AD31

triadic

#AD8A31 #31AD8A #8A31AD

tetradic

#AD8A31 #31AD4C #3154AD #AD3192

square

#AD8A31 #31AD4C #3154AD #AD3192

split-complementary

#AD8A31 #3192AD #4C31AD

monochromatic

#4E3E16 #7D6423 #AD8A31 #CDA94E #DAC07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AD8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A31

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A31	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.113 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6e',
    500: '#ad8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a31;
$custom-light: #c9ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.065,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A31

secondary

#778CC3

accent

#73DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A31

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

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