#AD8D3E#AD8D3E

#AD8D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.105 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D3E
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 64.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 3.01, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 45.70, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0054 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.105 87)
XYZ	xyz(27.6294, 28.2834, 8.5605)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D3E #3E5EAD

analogous

#AD553E #AD8D3E #95AD3E

triadic

#AD8D3E #3EAD8D #8D3EAD

tetradic

#AD8D3E #3EAD55 #3E5EAD #AD3E95

square

#AD8D3E #3EAD55 #3E5EAD #AD3E95

split-complementary

#AD8D3E #3E95AD #553EAD

monochromatic

#53441E #80682E #AD8D3E #C7A962 #D7C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AD8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D3E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D3E	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.105 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae76',
    500: '#ad8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d3e;
$custom-light: #c9ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.703,
    "s": 47.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.28282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D3E

secondary

#8597C2

accent

#78D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D3E

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

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