#AD8D36#AD8D36

#AD8D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.111 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D36
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 2.51, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 49.28, 87.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0029 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.111 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4258, 28.2020, 7.4883)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D36 #3656AD

analogous

#AD5236 #AD8D36 #91AD36

triadic

#AD8D36 #36AD8D #8D36AD

tetradic

#AD8D36 #36AD52 #3656AD #AD3691

square

#AD8D36 #36AD52 #3656AD #AD3691

split-complementary

#AD8D36 #3691AD #5236AD

monochromatic

#504119 #7E6727 #AD8D36 #CAAB56 #D9C285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AD8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AD8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D36

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D36	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.111 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae72',
    500: '#ad8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d36;
$custom-light: #c9ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65676,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D36

secondary

#7C8FC2

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D36

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

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