#AD8A4A#AD8A4A

#AD8A4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.093 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A4A
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 74)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 57.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 5.56, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 39.29, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0144 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.093 81)
XYZ	xyz(27.5594, 27.5573, 10.3447)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A4A #4A6DAD

analogous

#AD584A #AD8A4A #9EAD4A

triadic

#AD8A4A #4AAD8A #8A4AAD

tetradic

#AD8A4A #4AAD58 #4A6DAD #AD4A9E

square

#AD8A4A #4AAD58 #4A6DAD #AD4A9E

split-complementary

#AD8A4A #4A9EAD #584AAD

monochromatic

#574625 #826838 #AD8A4A #C3A672 #D5C19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AD8A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A4A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A4A	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)

#998A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.093 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7e',
    500: '#ad8a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a4a;
$custom-light: #c8ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.788,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.09271,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.27556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A4A

secondary

#91A2C1

accent

#82D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A4A

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

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