#AD8A50#AD8A50

#AD8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.087 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A50
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 6.08, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 36.36, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0167 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.087 79)
XYZ	xyz(27.7713, 27.6420, 11.4605)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A50 #5073AD

analogous

#AD5B50 #AD8A50 #A2AD50

triadic

#AD8A50 #50AD8A #8A50AD

tetradic

#AD8A50 #50AD5B #5073AD #AD50A2

square

#AD8A50 #50AD5B #5073AD #AD50A2

split-complementary

#AD8A50 #50A2AD #5B50AD

monochromatic

#594729 #83693D #AD8A50 #C1A679 #D4C2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AD8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A50

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A50	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.087 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac82',
    500: '#ad8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a50;
$custom-light: #c8ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.419,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65368,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.2764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A50

secondary

#97A7C2

accent

#86CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A50

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

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