#AD8E33#AD8E33

#AD8E33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8E33
RGB	rgb(173, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 1.79, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 50.81, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0005 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.114 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5056, 28.4709, 7.1780)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8E33 #3352AD

analogous

#AD5133 #AD8E33 #8FAD33

triadic

#AD8E33 #33AD8E #8E33AD

tetradic

#AD8E33 #33AD51 #3352AD #AD338F

square

#AD8E33 #33AD51 #3352AD #AD338F

split-complementary

#AD8E33 #338FAD #5133AD

monochromatic

#4E4017 #7E6725 #AD8E33 #CCAD51 #DAC381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AD8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AD8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8E33

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8E33	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae70',
    500: '#ad8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8e33;
$custom-light: #c9ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8E33

secondary

#798CC3

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8E33

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

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