#AD8A47#AD8A47

#AD8A47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.095 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A47
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 71)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 59%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 5.32, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 40.73, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0133 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.095 82)
XYZ	xyz(27.4607, 27.5178, 9.8251)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A47 #476AAD

analogous

#AD5747 #AD8A47 #9DAD47

triadic

#AD8A47 #47AD8A #8A47AD

tetradic

#AD8A47 #47AD57 #476AAD #AD479D

square

#AD8A47 #47AD57 #476AAD #AD479D

split-complementary

#AD8A47 #479DAD #5747AD

monochromatic

#564523 #826735 #AD8A47 #C3A66E #D5C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A47

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A47	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)

#998A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.095 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7c',
    500: '#ad8a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a47;
$custom-light: #c8ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.412,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.27516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A47

secondary

#8EA0C1

accent

#81D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A47

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

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