#AD7A21#AD7A21

#AD7A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.118 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7A21
RGB	rgb(173, 122, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 12.11, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 54.24, 77.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0281 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.118 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4694, 22.9152, 4.5729)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7A21 #2154AD

analogous

#AD3421 #AD7A21 #9AAD21

triadic

#AD7A21 #21AD7A #7A21AD

tetradic

#AD7A21 #21AD34 #2154AD #AD219A

square

#AD7A21 #21AD34 #2154AD #AD219A

split-complementary

#AD7A21 #219AAD #3421AD

monochromatic

#46320D #7A5617 #AD7A21 #D89C33 #E2B566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AD7A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#AD7A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7A21

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7A21	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 122, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.118 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba064',
    500: '#ad7a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7a21;
$custom-light: #cba064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7A21

secondary

#6287C7

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7A21

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

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