#AD8D48#AD8D48

#AD8D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D48
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 3.74, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 40.98, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0088 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.096 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9295, 28.4035, 10.1410)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D48 #4868AD

analogous

#AD5A48 #AD8D48 #9AAD48

triadic

#AD8D48 #48AD8D #8D48AD

tetradic

#AD8D48 #48AD5A #4868AD #AD489A

square

#AD8D48 #48AD5A #4868AD #AD489A

split-complementary

#AD8D48 #489AAD #5A48AD

monochromatic

#574724 #826A36 #AD8D48 #C3A86F #D5C29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AD8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D48

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D48	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#9C8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae7d',
    500: '#ad8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d48;
$custom-light: #c8ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.99,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.09596,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D48

secondary

#8F9FC1

accent

#7DD157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D48

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

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