#AD8A5A#AD8A5A

#AD8A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.077 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A5A
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(35, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 48%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 7.03, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 31.47, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0207 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.077 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1686, 27.8010, 13.5533)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A5A #5A7DAD

analogous

#AD615A #AD8A5A #A7AD5A

triadic

#AD8A5A #5AAD8A #8A5AAD

tetradic

#AD8A5A #5AAD61 #5A7DAD #AD5AA7

square

#AD8A5A #5AAD61 #5A7DAD #AD5AA7

split-complementary

#AD8A5A #5AA7AD #615AAD

monochromatic

#5E4A2F #876A43 #AD8A5A #C1A783 #D6C4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AD8A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AD8A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A5A

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A5A	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.077 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac89',
    500: '#ad8a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a5a;
$custom-light: #c7ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 33.603,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65529,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A5A

secondary

#9FAFC4

accent

#8BCA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A5A

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

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