#AD8A36#AD8A36

#AD8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A36
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 4.17, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 48.56, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0077 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.109 86)
XYZ	xyz(26.9894, 27.3293, 7.3428)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A36 #3659AD

analogous

#AD4F36 #AD8A36 #95AD36

triadic

#AD8A36 #36AD8A #8A36AD

tetradic

#AD8A36 #36AD4F #3659AD #AD3695

square

#AD8A36 #36AD4F #3659AD #AD3695

split-complementary

#AD8A36 #3695AD #4F36AD

monochromatic

#504019 #7E6527 #AD8A36 #CAA856 #D9C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AD8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A36

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A36	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab71',
    500: '#ad8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a36;
$custom-light: #c9ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65052,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.27328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A36

secondary

#7C91C2

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A36

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

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