#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
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 3.67, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 48.36, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0064 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.109 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1573, 27.6270, 7.5158)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AD8B37	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AD8B37

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

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