#AD8A51#AD8A51

#AD8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.086 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A51
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 6.17, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 35.87, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0171 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.086 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8085, 27.6569, 11.6566)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A51 #5174AD

analogous

#AD5C51 #AD8A51 #A2AD51

triadic

#AD8A51 #51AD8A #8A51AD

tetradic

#AD8A51 #51AD5C #5174AD #AD51A2

square

#AD8A51 #51AD5C #5174AD #AD51A2

split-complementary

#AD8A51 #51A2AD #5C51AD

monochromatic

#5A472A #83693D #AD8A51 #C1A67A #D4C2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AD8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A51

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A51	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)

#988A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.086 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac83',
    500: '#ad8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a51;
$custom-light: #c8ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.174,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65384,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A51

secondary

#98A8C2

accent

#86CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A51

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

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