#AD8D43#AD8D43

#AD8D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.100 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D43
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 3.36, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 43.37, 85.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0071 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.1 86)
XYZ	xyz(27.7729, 28.3409, 9.3166)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D43 #4363AD

analogous

#AD5843 #AD8D43 #98AD43

triadic

#AD8D43 #43AD8D #8D43AD

tetradic

#AD8D43 #43AD58 #4363AD #AD4398

square

#AD8D43 #43AD58 #4363AD #AD4398

split-complementary

#AD8D43 #4398AD #5843AD

monochromatic

#554521 #816932 #AD8D43 #C5A968 #D6C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AD8D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D43

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D43	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)

#9C8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.100 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae7a',
    500: '#ad8d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d43;
$custom-light: #c8ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.28339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D43

secondary

#8A9BC1

accent

#7BD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D43

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

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