#AD8D45#AD8D45

#AD8D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D45
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 60.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, 3.51, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 42.42, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0078 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.099 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8340, 28.3653, 9.6381)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D45 #4565AD

analogous

#AD5945 #AD8D45 #99AD45

triadic

#AD8D45 #45AD8D #8D45AD

tetradic

#AD8D45 #45AD59 #4565AD #AD4599

square

#AD8D45 #45AD59 #4565AD #AD4599

split-complementary

#AD8D45 #4599AD #5945AD

monochromatic

#554622 #816934 #AD8D45 #C4A96B #D5C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AD8D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D45

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D45	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)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae7b',
    500: '#ad8d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d45;
$custom-light: #c8ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65838,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D45

secondary

#8C9DC1

accent

#7CD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D45

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

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