#AD8A3F#AD8A3F

#AD8A3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.102 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A3F
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 4.74, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 44.51, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0106 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.102 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2207, 27.4218, 8.5609)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A3F #3F62AD

analogous

#AD533F #AD8A3F #99AD3F

triadic

#AD8A3F #3FAD8A #8A3FAD

tetradic

#AD8A3F #3FAD53 #3F62AD #AD3F99

square

#AD8A3F #3FAD53 #3F62AD #AD3F99

split-complementary

#AD8A3F #3F99AD #533FAD

monochromatic

#53421E #80662F #AD8A3F #C6A763 #D7C090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AD8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A3F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A3F	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)

#9A8A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.102 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab77',
    500: '#ad8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a3f;
$custom-light: #c9ab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65146,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A3F

secondary

#8699C2

accent

#7CD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A3F

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

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