#AD8A43#AD8A43

#AD8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.099 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A43
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 5.02, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 42.64, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0119 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.099 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3366, 27.4681, 9.1711)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A43 #4366AD

analogous

#AD5543 #AD8A43 #9BAD43

triadic

#AD8A43 #43AD8A #8A43AD

tetradic

#AD8A43 #43AD55 #4366AD #AD439B

square

#AD8A43 #43AD55 #4366AD #AD439B

split-complementary

#AD8A43 #439BAD #5543AD

monochromatic

#554421 #816732 #AD8A43 #C5A668 #D6C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AD8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A43

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A43	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.099 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab79',
    500: '#ad8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a43;
$custom-light: #c8ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.189,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65193,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A43

secondary

#8A9DC1

accent

#7ED454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A43

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

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