#AD8A41#AD8A41

#AD8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.101 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A41
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 4.88, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 43.58, 83.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0112 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.101 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2776, 27.4445, 8.8606)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A41 #4164AD

analogous

#AD5441 #AD8A41 #9AAD41

triadic

#AD8A41 #41AD8A #8A41AD

tetradic

#AD8A41 #41AD54 #4164AD #AD419A

square

#AD8A41 #41AD54 #4164AD #AD419A

split-complementary

#AD8A41 #419AAD #5441AD

monochromatic

#544320 #816730 #AD8A41 #C5A666 #D6C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A41

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A41	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)

#998A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.101 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab78',
    500: '#ad8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a41;
$custom-light: #c8ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65169,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A41

secondary

#889BC2

accent

#7DD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A41

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

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