#AD8A37#AD8A37

#AD8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A37
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 4.23, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 48.12, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.008 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.109 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0132, 27.3388, 7.4678)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A37 #375AAD

analogous

#AD4F37 #AD8A37 #95AD37

triadic

#AD8A37 #37AD8A #8A37AD

tetradic

#AD8A37 #37AD4F #375AAD #AD3795

square

#AD8A37 #37AD4F #375AAD #AD3795

split-complementary

#AD8A37 #3795AD #4F37AD

monochromatic

#504019 #7F6528 #AD8A37 #CAA857 #D8C086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AD8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A37

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A37	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab72',
    500: '#ad8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a37;
$custom-light: #c9ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65061,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A37

secondary

#7D92C2

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A37

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

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