#AD8D44#AD8D44

#AD8D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.100 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D44
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 3.44, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 42.90, 85.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0074 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.1 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8032, 28.3530, 9.4760)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D44 #4464AD

analogous

#AD5944 #AD8D44 #99AD44

triadic

#AD8D44 #44AD8D #8D44AD

tetradic

#AD8D44 #44AD59 #4464AD #AD4499

square

#AD8D44 #44AD59 #4464AD #AD4499

split-complementary

#AD8D44 #4499AD #5944AD

monochromatic

#554521 #816933 #AD8D44 #C4A96A #D6C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AD8D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D44

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D44	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)

#9C8C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.100 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae7a',
    500: '#ad8d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d44;
$custom-light: #c8ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.714,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65826,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D44

secondary

#8B9CC1

accent

#7BD354

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D44

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

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