#AD8B2F#AD8B2F

#AD8B2F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.115 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B2F
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 3.24, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 51.74, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.0041 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.115 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9809, 27.5565, 6.5866)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B2F #2F51AD

analogous

#AD4C2F #AD8B2F #90AD2F

triadic

#AD8B2F #2FAD8B #8B2FAD

tetradic

#AD8B2F #2FAD4C #2F51AD #AD2F90

square

#AD8B2F #2FAD4C #2F51AD #AD2F90

split-complementary

#AD8B2F #2F90AD #4C2FAD

monochromatic

#4D3E15 #7D6422 #AD8B2F #CEAB4B #DBC17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AD8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AD8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B2F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B2F	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)

#9B8A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.115 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac6d',
    500: '#ad8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b2f;
$custom-light: #c9ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65197,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B2F

secondary

#748AC4

accent

#71E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B2F

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

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