#AD9059#AD9059

#AD9059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.081 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9059
RGB	rgb(173, 144, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 3.60, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 33.38, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0105 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.081 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0111, 29.5535, 13.6255)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9059 #5976AD

analogous

#AD6659 #AD9059 #A0AD59

triadic

#AD9059 #59AD90 #9059AD

tetradic

#AD9059 #59AD66 #5976AD #AD59A0

square

#AD9059 #59AD66 #5976AD #AD59A0

split-complementary

#AD9059 #59A0AD #6659AD

monochromatic

#5D4D2E #866F42 #AD9059 #C1AB82 #D5C7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AD9059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AD9059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9059

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9059	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 144, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.081 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b089',
    500: '#ad9059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9059;
$custom-light: #c7b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.286,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66747,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9059

secondary

#9EABC3

accent

#83CA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9059

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

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