#AD8B2A#AD8B2A

#AD8B2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.118 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B2A
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 3.00, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 53.70, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0029 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.118 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8857, 27.5184, 6.0855)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B2A #2A4CAD

analogous

#AD492A #AD8B2A #8EAD2A

triadic

#AD8B2A #2AAD8B #8B2AAD

tetradic

#AD8B2A #2AAD49 #2A4CAD #AD2A8E

square

#AD8B2A #2AAD49 #2A4CAD #AD2A8E

split-complementary

#AD8B2A #2A8EAD #492AAD

monochromatic

#4B3C12 #7C631E #AD8B2A #D1AC43 #DDC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B2A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B2A	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.118 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6b',
    500: '#ad8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b2a;
$custom-light: #caac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65159,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B2A

secondary

#6E85C5

accent

#6DE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B2A

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

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