#AD8F36#AD8F36

#AD8F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.112 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F36
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 1.41, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 49.79, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0002 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.112 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7234, 28.7971, 7.5875)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F36 #3654AD

analogous

#AD5436 #AD8F36 #90AD36

triadic

#AD8F36 #36AD8F #8F36AD

tetradic

#AD8F36 #36AD54 #3654AD #AD3690

square

#AD8F36 #36AD54 #3654AD #AD3690

split-complementary

#AD8F36 #3690AD #5436AD

monochromatic

#504219 #7E6827 #AD8F36 #CAAD56 #D9C485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AD8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AD8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F36

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F36	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.112 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af72',
    500: '#ad8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f36;
$custom-light: #c9af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66095,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F36

secondary

#7C8EC2

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F36

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

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