#AD8D4E#AD8D4E

#AD8D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.090 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D4E
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(40, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 54.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 4.24, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 38.06, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% 0.0111 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.09 83)
XYZ	xyz(28.1348, 28.4856, 11.2226)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D4E #4E6EAD

analogous

#AD5D4E #AD8D4E #9EAD4E

triadic

#AD8D4E #4EAD8D #8D4EAD

tetradic

#AD8D4E #4EAD5D #4E6EAD #AD4E9E

square

#AD8D4E #4EAD5D #4E6EAD #AD4E9E

split-complementary

#AD8D4E #4E9EAD #5D4EAD

monochromatic

#594828 #836B3B #AD8D4E #C2A877 #D5C3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#AD8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D4E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D4E	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.090 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae81',
    500: '#ad8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d4e;
$custom-light: #c8ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.789,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65958,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D4E

secondary

#95A4C2

accent

#81CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D4E

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

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