#AD8A42#AD8A42

#AD8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A42
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 4.95, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 43.11, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0116 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.1 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3068, 27.4562, 9.0145)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A42 #4265AD

analogous

#AD5542 #AD8A42 #9BAD42

triadic

#AD8A42 #42AD8A #8A42AD

tetradic

#AD8A42 #42AD55 #4265AD #AD429B

square

#AD8A42 #42AD55 #4265AD #AD429B

split-complementary

#AD8A42 #429BAD #5542AD

monochromatic

#544320 #816731 #AD8A42 #C5A667 #D6C093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AD8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A42

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A42	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)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab79',
    500: '#ad8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a42;
$custom-light: #c8ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6518,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A42

secondary

#899CC1

accent

#7ED453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A42

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

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