#AD8D42#AD8D42

#AD8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.101 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D42
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 3.29, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 43.84, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0067 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.101 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7432, 28.3290, 9.1600)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D42 #4262AD

analogous

#AD5842 #AD8D42 #98AD42

triadic

#AD8D42 #42AD8D #8D42AD

tetradic

#AD8D42 #42AD58 #4262AD #AD4298

square

#AD8D42 #42AD58 #4262AD #AD4298

split-complementary

#AD8D42 #4298AD #5842AD

monochromatic

#544520 #816931 #AD8D42 #C5A967 #D6C293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AD8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D42

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D42	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.101 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae79',
    500: '#ad8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d42;
$custom-light: #c8ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D42

secondary

#899AC1

accent

#7AD453

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D42

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

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