#AD8A45#AD8A45

#AD8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.097 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A45
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 5.17, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 41.69, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0126 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.097 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3976, 27.4925, 9.4926)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A45 #4568AD

analogous

#AD5645 #AD8A45 #9CAD45

triadic

#AD8A45 #45AD8A #8A45AD

tetradic

#AD8A45 #45AD56 #4568AD #AD459C

square

#AD8A45 #45AD56 #4568AD #AD459C

split-complementary

#AD8A45 #459CAD #5645AD

monochromatic

#554422 #816734 #AD8A45 #C4A66B #D5C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A45

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A45	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)

#998A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.097 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7b',
    500: '#ad8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a45;
$custom-light: #c8ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.808,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65217,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A45

secondary

#8C9EC1

accent

#7FD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A45

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

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