#AD985E#AD985E

#AD985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.081 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD985E
RGB	rgb(173, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 45.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -0.28, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 33.29, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0003 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.081 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4831, 32.1501, 15.1874)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD985E #5E73AD

analogous

#AD715E #AD985E #9AAD5E

triadic

#AD985E #5EAD98 #985EAD

tetradic

#AD985E #5EAD71 #5E73AD #AD5E9A

square

#AD985E #5EAD71 #5E73AD #AD5E9A

split-complementary

#AD985E #5E9AAD #715EAD

monochromatic

#605331 #887745 #AD985E #C2B287 #D6CCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AD985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AD985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD985E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD985E	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.081 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b68c',
    500: '#ad985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad985e;
$custom-light: #c7b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 32.51,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.08077,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD985E

secondary

#A2ABC5

accent

#7BC95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD985E

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

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