#AD8A46#AD8A46

#AD8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.096 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A46
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 5.25, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 41.21, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.013 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.096 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4289, 27.5051, 9.6575)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A46 #4669AD

analogous

#AD5746 #AD8A46 #9CAD46

triadic

#AD8A46 #46AD8A #8A46AD

tetradic

#AD8A46 #46AD57 #4669AD #AD469C

square

#AD8A46 #46AD57 #4669AD #AD469C

split-complementary

#AD8A46 #469CAD #5746AD

monochromatic

#564423 #816734 #AD8A46 #C4A66C #D5C198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A46

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A46	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)

#998A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.096 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7b',
    500: '#ad8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a46;
$custom-light: #c8ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.612,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6523,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A46

secondary

#8D9FC1

accent

#80D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A46

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

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