#AD8A52#AD8A52

#AD8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.085 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A52
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 52.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 6.26, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 35.38, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0175 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.085 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8463, 27.6720, 11.8555)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A52 #5275AD

analogous

#AD5D52 #AD8A52 #A2AD52

triadic

#AD8A52 #52AD8A #8A52AD

tetradic

#AD8A52 #52AD5D #5275AD #AD52A2

square

#AD8A52 #52AD5D #5275AD #AD52A2

split-complementary

#AD8A52 #52A2AD #5D52AD

monochromatic

#5A482B #83693E #AD8A52 #C1A67C #D4C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AD8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AD8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A52

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A52	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#988A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.085 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac84',
    500: '#ad8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a52;
$custom-light: #c8ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 35.686,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.08518,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A52

secondary

#99A9C2

accent

#87CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A52

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

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