#AD8D46#AD8D46

#AD8D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D46
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 3.59, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 41.94, 85.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0081 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.098 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8653, 28.3778, 9.8029)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D46 #4666AD

analogous

#AD5946 #AD8D46 #9AAD46

triadic

#AD8D46 #46AD8D #8D46AD

tetradic

#AD8D46 #46AD59 #4666AD #AD469A

square

#AD8D46 #46AD59 #4666AD #AD469A

split-complementary

#AD8D46 #469AAD #5946AD

monochromatic

#564623 #816934 #AD8D46 #C4A96C #D5C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AD8D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D46

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D46	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae7c',
    500: '#ad8d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d46;
$custom-light: #c8ae7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.359,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D46

secondary

#8D9EC1

accent

#7CD256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D46

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

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