#AD9986#AD9986

#AD9986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.036 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9986
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(29, 19%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 22.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 4.29, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 13.40, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0148 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.036 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9280, 33.3889, 27.2598)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9986 #869AAD

analogous

#AD8686 #AD9986 #ADAD86

triadic

#AD9986 #86AD99 #9986AD

tetradic

#AD9986 #86AD86 #869AAD #AD86AD

square

#AD9986 #86AD86 #869AAD #AD86AD

split-complementary

#AD9986 #86ADAD #8686AD

monochromatic

#6E5C4B #937A63 #AD9986 #C6B8AA #DED7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AD9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AD9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9986

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9986	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.036 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b7a9',
    500: '#ad9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9986;
$custom-light: #c6b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.231,
    "s": 19.212,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69539,
    "c": 0.03596,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9986

secondary

#C0C8CF

accent

#749E48

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#13110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9986

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

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