#AD8D51#AD8D51

#AD8D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.087 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8D51
RGB	rgb(173, 141, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 53.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 4.50, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 36.58, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0122 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.087 82)
XYZ	xyz(28.2449, 28.5296, 11.8020)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8D51 #5171AD

analogous

#AD5F51 #AD8D51 #9FAD51

triadic

#AD8D51 #51AD8D #8D51AD

tetradic

#AD8D51 #51AD5F #5171AD #AD519F

square

#AD8D51 #51AD5F #5171AD #AD519F

split-complementary

#AD8D51 #519FAD #5F51AD

monochromatic

#5A492A #836B3D #AD8D51 #C1A87A #D4C4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#AD8D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#AD8D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8D51

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8D51	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 141, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.087 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae83',
    500: '#ad8d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8d51;
$custom-light: #c8ae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66001,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8D51

secondary

#98A7C2

accent

#83CC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8D51

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

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