#AD8A35#AD8A35

#AD8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.110 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A35
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 4.11, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 48.99, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0074 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.11 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9662, 27.3200, 7.2204)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A35 #3558AD

analogous

#AD4E35 #AD8A35 #94AD35

triadic

#AD8A35 #35AD8A #8A35AD

tetradic

#AD8A35 #35AD4E #3558AD #AD3594

square

#AD8A35 #35AD4E #3558AD #AD3594

split-complementary

#AD8A35 #3594AD #4E35AD

monochromatic

#4F3F18 #7E6527 #AD8A35 #CBA854 #D9C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AD8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A35

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A35	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)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.110 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab71',
    500: '#ad8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a35;
$custom-light: #c9ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65042,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A35

secondary

#7B90C3

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A35

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

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