#AD8D39#AD8D39

#AD8D39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.109 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D39
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 2.69, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 47.96, 86.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0038 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.109 88)
XYZ	xyz(27.4984, 28.2311, 7.8709)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D39 #3959AD

analogous

#AD5339 #AD8D39 #93AD39

triadic

#AD8D39 #39AD8D #8D39AD

tetradic

#AD8D39 #39AD53 #3959AD #AD3993

square

#AD8D39 #39AD53 #3959AD #AD3993

split-complementary

#AD8D39 #3993AD #5339AD

monochromatic

#51421B #7F672A #AD8D39 #C9AA5A #D8C288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AD8D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AD8D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D39

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D39	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.109 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae73',
    500: '#ad8d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d39;
$custom-light: #c9ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65705,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.28229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D39

secondary

#8092C2

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D39

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

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