#AD8A4D#AD8A4D

#AD8A4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A4D
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 55.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 5.82, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 37.83, 81.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0156 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.09 80)
XYZ	xyz(27.6629, 27.5987, 10.8898)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A4D #4D70AD

analogous

#AD5A4D #AD8A4D #A0AD4D

triadic

#AD8A4D #4DAD8A #8A4DAD

tetradic

#AD8A4D #4DAD5A #4D70AD #AD4DA0

square

#AD8A4D #4DAD5A #4D70AD #AD4DA0

split-complementary

#AD8A4D #4DA0AD #5A4DAD

monochromatic

#584627 #83683A #AD8A4D #C2A675 #D5C1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AD8A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A4D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A4D	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac80',
    500: '#ad8a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a4d;
$custom-light: #c8ac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.125,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65325,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A4D

secondary

#94A5C2

accent

#84CE59

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A4D

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

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