#AD8B27#AD8B27

#AD8B27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.120 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B27
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 2.87, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 54.82, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0022 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.12 89)
XYZ	xyz(26.8340, 27.4977, 5.8133)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B27 #2749AD

analogous

#AD4827 #AD8B27 #8CAD27

triadic

#AD8B27 #27AD8B #8B27AD

tetradic

#AD8B27 #27AD48 #2749AD #AD278C

square

#AD8B27 #27AD48 #2749AD #AD278C

split-complementary

#AD8B27 #278CAD #4827AD

monochromatic

#493B10 #7B631C #AD8B27 #D3AD3E #DFC370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B27

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B27	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)

#9C8A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.120 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac69',
    500: '#ad8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b27;
$custom-light: #caac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65138,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.27496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B27

secondary

#6A81C6

accent

#6BE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B27

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

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