#AD8A3A#AD8A3A

#AD8A3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.106 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A3A
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 66.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 4.41, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 46.79, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0089 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.106 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0873, 27.3684, 7.8581)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A3A #3A5DAD

analogous

#AD503A #AD8A3A #97AD3A

triadic

#AD8A3A #3AAD8A #8A3AAD

tetradic

#AD8A3A #3AAD50 #3A5DAD #AD3A97

square

#AD8A3A #3AAD50 #3A5DAD #AD3A97

split-complementary

#AD8A3A #3A97AD #503AAD

monochromatic

#51411B #7F652B #AD8A3A #C8A75C #D8C08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AD8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A3A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A3A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	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)

#9A8931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.106 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab74',
    500: '#ad8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a3a;
$custom-light: #c9ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65091,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A3A

secondary

#8195C2

accent

#79D94E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A3A

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

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