#AD9C8A#AD9C8A

#AD9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.032 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9C8A
RGB	rgb(173, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(31, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 3.25, 11.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 12.15, 74.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0117 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.032 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7095, 34.4970, 28.9227)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9C8A #8A9BAD

analogous

#AD8A8A #AD9C8A #ACAD8A

triadic

#AD9C8A #8AAD9C #9C8AAD

tetradic

#AD9C8A #8AAD8A #8A9BAD #AD8AAC

square

#AD9C8A #8AAD8A #8A9BAD #AD8AAC

split-complementary

#AD9C8A #8AACAD #8A8AAD

monochromatic

#6F5F4E #937E67 #AD9C8A #C6BAAE #DFD9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AD9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#AD9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9C8A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9C8A	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.032 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b9ac',
    500: '#ad9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9c8a;
$custom-light: #c5b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.03247,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9C8A

secondary

#C3C9D0

accent

#729C4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9C8A

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

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