#AD8A3C#AD8A3C

#AD8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.105 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A3C
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 4.54, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 45.89, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0096 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.105 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1391, 27.3892, 8.1313)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A3C #3C5FAD

analogous

#AD513C #AD8A3C #97AD3C

triadic

#AD8A3C #3CAD8A #8A3CAD

tetradic

#AD8A3C #3CAD51 #3C5FAD #AD3C97

square

#AD8A3C #3CAD51 #3C5FAD #AD3C97

split-complementary

#AD8A3C #3C97AD #513CAD

monochromatic

#52421C #80662C #AD8A3C #C7A75F #D7C08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AD8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A3C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A3C	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)

#9A8A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.105 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab75',
    500: '#ad8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a3c;
$custom-light: #c9ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.416,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65112,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A3C

secondary

#8396C2

accent

#7AD850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A3C

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

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