#AD8F37#AD8F37

#AD8F37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.111 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8F37
RGB	rgb(173, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, 1.47, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 49.36, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.111 90)
XYZ	xyz(27.7471, 28.8066, 7.7124)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8F37 #3755AD

analogous

#AD5437 #AD8F37 #90AD37

triadic

#AD8F37 #37AD8F #8F37AD

tetradic

#AD8F37 #37AD54 #3755AD #AD3790

square

#AD8F37 #37AD54 #3755AD #AD3790

split-complementary

#AD8F37 #3790AD #5437AD

monochromatic

#504219 #7F6928 #AD8F37 #CAAD57 #D8C486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AD8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AD8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8F37

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8F37	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)

#9F8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.111 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9af72',
    500: '#ad8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8f37;
$custom-light: #c9af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66104,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.28805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8F37

secondary

#7D8FC2

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8F37

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

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