#AD8A4B#AD8A4B

#AD8A4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A4B
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 75)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 56.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 5.65, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 38.80, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0148 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.092 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5934, 27.5708, 10.5236)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A4B #4B6EAD

analogous

#AD594B #AD8A4B #9FAD4B

triadic

#AD8A4B #4BAD8A #8A4BAD

tetradic

#AD8A4B #4BAD59 #4B6EAD #AD4B9F

square

#AD8A4B #4BAD59 #4B6EAD #AD4B9F

split-complementary

#AD8A4B #4B9FAD #594BAD

monochromatic

#584626 #826838 #AD8A4B #C2A673 #D5C19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AD8A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A4B

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A4B	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#998A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7f',
    500: '#ad8a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a4b;
$custom-light: #c8ac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A4B

secondary

#92A3C1

accent

#83CF58

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A4B

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

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