#AD8A40#AD8A40

#AD8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.102 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A40
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 4.81, 43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 44.04, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0109 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.102 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2489, 27.4331, 8.7094)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A40 #4063AD

analogous

#AD5440 #AD8A40 #9AAD40

triadic

#AD8A40 #40AD8A #8A40AD

tetradic

#AD8A40 #40AD54 #4063AD #AD409A

square

#AD8A40 #40AD54 #4063AD #AD409A

split-complementary

#AD8A40 #409AAD #5440AD

monochromatic

#54431F #80662F #AD8A40 #C6A764 #D6C091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A40

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A40	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.102 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab78',
    500: '#ad8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a40;
$custom-light: #c9ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.734,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65157,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A40

secondary

#879AC2

accent

#7CD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A40

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

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