#AD8A39#AD8A39

#AD8A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A39
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 4.35, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 47.24, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0086 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.107 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0621, 27.3583, 7.7254)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A39 #395CAD

analogous

#AD5039 #AD8A39 #96AD39

triadic

#AD8A39 #39AD8A #8A39AD

tetradic

#AD8A39 #39AD50 #395CAD #AD3996

square

#AD8A39 #39AD50 #395CAD #AD3996

split-complementary

#AD8A39 #3996AD #5039AD

monochromatic

#51411B #7F652A #AD8A39 #C9A75A #D8C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AD8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AD8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A39

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A39	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)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab73',
    500: '#ad8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a39;
$custom-light: #c9ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65081,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A39

secondary

#8094C2

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A39

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

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