#AD8D2E#AD8D2E

#AD8D2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D2E
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 2.08, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 52.61, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0007 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.117 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2531, 28.1330, 6.5790)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D2E #2E4EAD

analogous

#AD4D2E #AD8D2E #8DAD2E

triadic

#AD8D2E #2EAD8D #8D2EAD

tetradic

#AD8D2E #2EAD4D #2E4EAD #AD2E8D

square

#AD8D2E #2EAD4D #2E4EAD #AD2E8D

split-complementary

#AD8D2E #2E8DAD #4D2EAD

monochromatic

#4C3E14 #7D6621 #AD8D2E #CFAD49 #DCC37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AD8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D2E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D2E	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6d',
    500: '#ad8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d2e;
$custom-light: #c9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65607,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D2E

secondary

#7387C4

accent

#6EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D2E

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

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