#AD8A44#AD8A44

#AD8A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.098 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A44
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 5.10, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 42.16, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0123 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.098 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3668, 27.4802, 9.3305)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A44 #4467AD

analogous

#AD5644 #AD8A44 #9BAD44

triadic

#AD8A44 #44AD8A #8A44AD

tetradic

#AD8A44 #44AD56 #4467AD #AD449B

square

#AD8A44 #44AD56 #4467AD #AD449B

split-complementary

#AD8A44 #449BAD #5644AD

monochromatic

#554421 #816733 #AD8A44 #C4A66A #D6C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A44

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A44	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.098 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7a',
    500: '#ad8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a44;
$custom-light: #c8ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65205,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A44

secondary

#8B9DC1

accent

#7FD354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A44

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

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