#AD8A38#AD8A38

#AD8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A38
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 4.29, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 47.68, 84.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0083 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.108 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0374, 27.3485, 7.5953)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A38 #385BAD

analogous

#AD4F38 #AD8A38 #96AD38

triadic

#AD8A38 #38AD8A #8A38AD

tetradic

#AD8A38 #38AD4F #385BAD #AD3896

square

#AD8A38 #38AD4F #385BAD #AD3896

split-complementary

#AD8A38 #3896AD #4F38AD

monochromatic

#51401A #7F6529 #AD8A38 #C9A859 #D8C087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AD8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A38

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A38	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)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab73',
    500: '#ad8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a38;
$custom-light: #c9ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65071,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A38

secondary

#7F93C2

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A38

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

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