#AD8B37#AD8B37

#AD8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8B37
RGBrgb(173, 139, 55)
HSLhsl(43, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(43, 68%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.55, 3.67, 48.22)
CIE-LCHlch(59.55, 48.36, 85.64°)
OKLaboklab(65.27% 0.0064 0.109)
OKLCHoklch(65.27% 0.109 86.6)
XYZxyz(27.1573, 27.6270, 7.5158)
Luminance0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8B37 #3759AD
analogous
#AD5037 #AD8B37 #94AD37
triadic
#AD8B37 #37AD8B #8B37AD
tetradic
#AD8B37 #37AD50 #3759AD #AD3794
square
#AD8B37 #37AD50 #3759AD #AD3794
split-complementary
#AD8B37 #3794AD #5037AD
monochromatic
#504019 #7F6628 #AD8B37 #CAA957 #D8C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22
#AD8B37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53
#AD8B37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B37
6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8B37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD8B371.003.226.536.53
#FFFFFF3.221.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5321.001.001.00
##0000006.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9B8A2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3933B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BB7F79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 86.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac72',
    500: '#ad8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8b37;
$custom-light: #c9ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.712,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65269,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8B37
secondary
#7D91C2
accent
#76DB4D
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F9F4ED
border
#D2CEC8
text
#141008
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#AD8B37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva