#AD7C21#AD7C21

#AD7C21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD7C21
RGBrgb(173, 124, 33)
HSLhsl(39, 68%, 40%)
HSVhsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.3%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(55.49, 10.99, 53.33)
CIE-LCHlch(55.49, 54.45, 78.36°)
OKLaboklab(62.04% 0.0249 0.1154)
OKLCHoklch(62.04% 0.118 77.8)
XYZxyz(24.7175, 23.4114, 4.6556)
Luminance0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD7C21 #2152AD
analogous
#AD3621 #AD7C21 #98AD21
triadic
#AD7C21 #21AD7C #7C21AD
tetradic
#AD7C21 #21AD36 #2152AD #AD2198
square
#AD7C21 #21AD36 #2152AD #AD2198
split-complementary
#AD7C21 #2198AD #3621AD
monochromatic
#46320D #7A5717 #AD7C21 #D89E33 #E2B766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70
#AD7C21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68
#AD7C21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C21
5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD7C21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD7C211.003.705.685.68
#FFFFFF3.701.0021.0021.00
#0000005.6821.001.001.00
##0000005.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F7E0F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8A25
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD6E6B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad7c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 77.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa164',
    500: '#ad7c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad7c21;
$custom-light: #caa164;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad7c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD7C21
secondary
#6286C7
accent
#7AEB3D
background
#FDF9F6
surface
#FAF2EB
border
#D3CCC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C21

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#AD7C21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva