#AD8A3B#AD8A3B

#AD8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.106 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A3B
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 4.47, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 46.34, 84.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% 0.0093 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.106 85)
XYZ	xyz(27.1130, 27.3787, 7.9934)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A3B #3B5EAD

analogous

#AD513B #AD8A3B #97AD3B

triadic

#AD8A3B #3BAD8A #8A3BAD

tetradic

#AD8A3B #3BAD51 #3B5EAD #AD3B97

square

#AD8A3B #3BAD51 #3B5EAD #AD3B97

split-complementary

#AD8A3B #3B97AD #513BAD

monochromatic

#52411C #7F662B #AD8A3B #C8A75D #D7C08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AD8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A3B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A3B	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.106 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab74',
    500: '#ad8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a3b;
$custom-light: #c9ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.579,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65102,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.27377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A3B

secondary

#8296C2

accent

#79D94F

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A3B

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

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