#AD8A54#AD8A54

#AD8A54 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.083 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A54
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 84)
HSL	hsl(36, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 51.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 6.44, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 34.40, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.0183 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.083 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9235, 27.7029, 12.2622)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A54 #5477AD

analogous

#AD5D54 #AD8A54 #A4AD54

triadic

#AD8A54 #54AD8A #8A54AD

tetradic

#AD8A54 #54AD5D #5477AD #AD54A4

square

#AD8A54 #54AD5D #5477AD #AD54A4

split-complementary

#AD8A54 #54A4AD #5D54AD

monochromatic

#5B482C #84693F #AD8A54 #C1A67D #D5C3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AD8A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AD8A54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A54

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A54	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)

#988B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.083 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac85',
    500: '#ad8a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a54;
$custom-light: #c8ac85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.404,
    "s": 35.178,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6543,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A54

secondary

#9BAAC2

accent

#88CB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A54

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

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