#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
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 10.99, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 54.45, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0249 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.118 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7175, 23.4114, 4.6556)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AD7C21	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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