#AD8B2E#AD8B2E

#AD8B2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.116 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B2E
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 3.19, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 52.14, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0039 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.116 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9609, 27.5485, 6.4816)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B2E #2E50AD

analogous

#AD4B2E #AD8B2E #8FAD2E

triadic

#AD8B2E #2EAD8B #8B2EAD

tetradic

#AD8B2E #2EAD4B #2E50AD #AD2E8F

square

#AD8B2E #2EAD4B #2E50AD #AD2E8F

split-complementary

#AD8B2E #2E8FAD #4B2EAD

monochromatic

#4C3D14 #7D6421 #AD8B2E #CFAB49 #DCC17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AD8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B2E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B2E	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.116 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac6d',
    500: '#ad8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b2e;
$custom-light: #c9ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65189,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B2E

secondary

#7389C4

accent

#70E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B2E

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

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