#AD8A69#AD8A69

#AD8A69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.063 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A69
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(29, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 39%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 39.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 8.69, 22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 24.33, 69.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0269 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.063 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8727, 28.0826, 17.2615)
Luminance	0.2808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A69 #698CAD

analogous

#AD696A #AD8A69 #ADAC69

triadic

#AD8A69 #69AD8A #8A69AD

tetradic

#AD8A69 #6AAD69 #698CAD #AC69AD

square

#AD8A69 #6AAD69 #698CAD #AC69AD

split-complementary

#AD8A69 #69ADAC #696AAD

monochromatic

#654D37 #8C6B4D #AD8A69 #C3A991 #D8C8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AD8A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A69

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A69	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958C67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.063 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac94',
    500: '#ad8a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a69;
$custom-light: #c7ac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.118,
    "s": 29.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65811,
    "c": 0.06283,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A69

secondary

#ABB9C7

accent

#95C662

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F1

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A69

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

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