#AD7B21#AD7B21

#AD7B21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.118 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7B21
RGB	rgb(173, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 11.55, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 54.34, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.0265 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.118 77)
XYZ	xyz(24.5928, 23.1620, 4.6140)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7B21 #2153AD

analogous

#AD3521 #AD7B21 #99AD21

triadic

#AD7B21 #21AD7B #7B21AD

tetradic

#AD7B21 #21AD35 #2153AD #AD2199

square

#AD7B21 #21AD35 #2153AD #AD2199

split-complementary

#AD7B21 #2199AD #3521AD

monochromatic

#46320D #7A5617 #AD7B21 #D89D33 #E2B666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#AD7B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#AD7B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7B21

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7B21	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.118 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa164',
    500: '#ad7b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7b21;
$custom-light: #caa164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.2316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7B21

secondary

#6286C7

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7B21

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

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