#AD8D31#AD8D31

#AD8D31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.115 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D31
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 2.24, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 51.39, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0015 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.115 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3144, 28.1574, 6.9014)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D31 #3151AD

analogous

#AD4F31 #AD8D31 #8FAD31

triadic

#AD8D31 #31AD8D #8D31AD

tetradic

#AD8D31 #31AD4F #3151AD #AD318F

square

#AD8D31 #31AD4F #3151AD #AD318F

split-complementary

#AD8D31 #318FAD #4F31AD

monochromatic

#4E3F16 #7D6623 #AD8D31 #CDAC4E #DAC37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AD8D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AD8D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D31

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D31	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)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.115 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6f',
    500: '#ad8d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d31;
$custom-light: #c9ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65631,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D31

secondary

#778AC3

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D31

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

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