#AD8A53#AD8A53

#AD8A53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.084 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A53
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 6.35, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 34.89, 79.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0179 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.084 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8846, 27.6873, 12.0574)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A53 #5376AD

analogous

#AD5D53 #AD8A53 #A3AD53

triadic

#AD8A53 #53AD8A #8A53AD

tetradic

#AD8A53 #53AD5D #5376AD #AD53A3

square

#AD8A53 #53AD5D #5376AD #AD53A3

split-complementary

#AD8A53 #53A3AD #5D53AD

monochromatic

#5A482B #84693F #AD8A53 #C1A67C #D5C2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AD8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AD8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A53

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A53	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.084 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac84',
    500: '#ad8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a53;
$custom-light: #c8ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65414,
    "c": 0.08423,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A53

secondary

#9AA9C2

accent

#88CB5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A53

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

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