#AD8A48#AD8A48

#AD8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.095 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A48
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 5.40, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 40.25, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0137 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.095 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4931, 27.5307, 9.9955)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A48 #486BAD

analogous

#AD5848 #AD8A48 #9DAD48

triadic

#AD8A48 #48AD8A #8A48AD

tetradic

#AD8A48 #48AD58 #486BAD #AD489D

square

#AD8A48 #48AD58 #486BAD #AD489D

split-complementary

#AD8A48 #489DAD #5848AD

monochromatic

#574524 #826836 #AD8A48 #C3A66F #D5C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AD8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A48

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A48	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.095 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7d',
    500: '#ad8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a48;
$custom-light: #c8ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.208,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A48

secondary

#8FA1C1

accent

#81D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A48

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

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