#AD8B2B#AD8B2B

#AD8B2B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B2B
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 3.04, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 53.32, 86.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0031 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.117 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9038, 27.5256, 6.1810)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B2B #2B4DAD

analogous

#AD4A2B #AD8B2B #8EAD2B

triadic

#AD8B2B #2BAD8B #8B2BAD

tetradic

#AD8B2B #2BAD4A #2B4DAD #AD2B8E

square

#AD8B2B #2BAD4A #2B4DAD #AD2B8E

split-complementary

#AD8B2B #2B8EAD #4A2BAD

monochromatic

#4B3C13 #7C641F #AD8B2B #D1AC45 #DDC276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AD8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B2B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B2B	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)

#9C8A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac6b',
    500: '#ad8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b2b;
$custom-light: #caac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65166,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B2B

secondary

#6F86C4

accent

#6EE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B2B

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

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