#AD8D37#AD8D37

#AD8D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.110 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D37
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 2.57, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 48.84, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0032 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.11 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4495, 28.2115, 7.6133)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D37 #3757AD

analogous

#AD5237 #AD8D37 #92AD37

triadic

#AD8D37 #37AD8D #8D37AD

tetradic

#AD8D37 #37AD52 #3757AD #AD3792

square

#AD8D37 #37AD52 #3757AD #AD3792

split-complementary

#AD8D37 #3792AD #5237AD

monochromatic

#504119 #7F6728 #AD8D37 #CAAB57 #D8C286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AD8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AD8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D37

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D37	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.110 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae72',
    500: '#ad8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d37;
$custom-light: #c9ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D37

secondary

#7D90C2

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D37

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

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