#AD8A57#AD8A57

#AD8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.080 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A57
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 49.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 6.73, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 32.93, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0194 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.08 76)
XYZ	xyz(28.0435, 27.7509, 12.8943)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A57 #577AAD

analogous

#AD5F57 #AD8A57 #A5AD57

triadic

#AD8A57 #57AD8A #8A57AD

tetradic

#AD8A57 #57AD5F #577AAD #AD57A5

square

#AD8A57 #57AD5F #577AAD #AD57A5

split-complementary

#AD8A57 #57A5AD #5F57AD

monochromatic

#5C492D #866A41 #AD8A57 #C1A780 #D5C3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AD8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AD8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A57

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A57	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.080 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac87',
    500: '#ad8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a57;
$custom-light: #c7ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.581,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65478,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.27749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A57

secondary

#9DACC3

accent

#8ACA5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A57

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

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