#AD8A4E#AD8A4E

#AD8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.089 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A4E
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 5.90, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 37.34, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.0159 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.089 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6985, 27.6129, 11.0772)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A4E #4E71AD

analogous

#AD5B4E #AD8A4E #A1AD4E

triadic

#AD8A4E #4EAD8A #8A4EAD

tetradic

#AD8A4E #4EAD5B #4E71AD #AD4EA1

square

#AD8A4E #4EAD5B #4E71AD #AD4EA1

split-complementary

#AD8A4E #4EA1AD #5B4EAD

monochromatic

#594728 #83683B #AD8A4E #C2A677 #D5C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AD8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A4E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A4E	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)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.089 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac81',
    500: '#ad8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a4e;
$custom-light: #c8ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65339,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A4E

secondary

#95A6C2

accent

#85CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A4E

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

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