#AD8A33#AD8A33

#AD8A33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.112 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A33
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 4.00, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 49.85, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0068 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.112 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9211, 27.3020, 6.9832)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A33 #3356AD

analogous

#AD4D33 #AD8A33 #93AD33

triadic

#AD8A33 #33AD8A #8A33AD

tetradic

#AD8A33 #33AD4D #3356AD #AD3393

square

#AD8A33 #33AD4D #3356AD #AD3393

split-complementary

#AD8A33 #3393AD #4D33AD

monochromatic

#4E3F17 #7E6425 #AD8A33 #CCA951 #DAC081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AD8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A33

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A33	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)

#9A8928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.112 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab70',
    500: '#ad8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a33;
$custom-light: #c9ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.787,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65024,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A33

secondary

#798EC3

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A33

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

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