#AD8A34#AD8A34

#AD8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A34
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 4.05, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 49.42, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0071 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.111 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9434, 27.3109, 7.1006)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A34 #3457AD

analogous

#AD4E34 #AD8A34 #94AD34

triadic

#AD8A34 #34AD8A #8A34AD

tetradic

#AD8A34 #34AD4E #3457AD #AD3494

square

#AD8A34 #34AD4E #3457AD #AD3494

split-complementary

#AD8A34 #3494AD #4E34AD

monochromatic

#4F3F18 #7E6426 #AD8A34 #CBA853 #D9C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AD8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A34

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A34	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)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab70',
    500: '#ad8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a34;
$custom-light: #c9ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.645,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65033,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A34

secondary

#7A8FC3

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A34

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

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