#AD8B39#AD8B39

#AD8B39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8B39
RGB	rgb(173, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 3.79, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 47.47, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.007 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.108 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2062, 27.6466, 7.7735)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8B39 #395BAD

analogous

#AD5139 #AD8B39 #95AD39

triadic

#AD8B39 #39AD8B #8B39AD

tetradic

#AD8B39 #39AD51 #395BAD #AD3995

square

#AD8B39 #39AD51 #395BAD #AD3995

split-complementary

#AD8B39 #3995AD #5139AD

monochromatic

#51411B #7F662A #AD8B39 #C9A85A #D8C188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AD8B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AD8B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8B39

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8B39	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)

#9B8A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac73',
    500: '#ad8b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8b39;
$custom-light: #c9ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65288,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8B39

secondary

#8093C2

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8B39

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

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