#AD8D30#AD8D30

#AD8D30 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D30
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 2.18, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 51.80, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0012 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.115 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2935, 28.1491, 6.7915)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D30 #3050AD

analogous

#AD4E30 #AD8D30 #8EAD30

triadic

#AD8D30 #30AD8D #8D30AD

tetradic

#AD8D30 #30AD4E #3050AD #AD308E

square

#AD8D30 #30AD4E #3050AD #AD308E

split-complementary

#AD8D30 #308EAD #4E30AD

monochromatic

#4D3F15 #7D6623 #AD8D30 #CEAD4D #DBC37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AD8D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D30

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D30	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)

#9D8B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6e',
    500: '#ad8d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d30;
$custom-light: #c9ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 56.561,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65623,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D30

secondary

#7589C3

accent

#6FE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D30

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

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