#AD8B26#AD8B26

#AD8B26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B26
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 2.83, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 55.18, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% 0.0019 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.12 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8177, 27.4912, 5.7272)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B26 #2648AD

analogous

#AD4826 #AD8B26 #8CAD26

triadic

#AD8B26 #26AD8B #8B26AD

tetradic

#AD8B26 #26AD48 #2648AD #AD268C

square

#AD8B26 #26AD48 #2648AD #AD268C

split-complementary

#AD8B26 #268CAD #4826AD

monochromatic

#493A10 #7B631B #AD8B26 #D4AE3C #DFC36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B26

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B26	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac69',
    500: '#ad8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b26;
$custom-light: #caac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.889,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65131,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B26

secondary

#6980C6

accent

#6BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B26

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

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