#AD7D21#AD7D21

#AD7D21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7D21
RGB	rgb(173, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 10.43, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 54.56, 78.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% 0.0233 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.118 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8435, 23.6633, 4.6976)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7D21 #2151AD

analogous

#AD3721 #AD7D21 #97AD21

triadic

#AD7D21 #21AD7D #7D21AD

tetradic

#AD7D21 #21AD37 #2151AD #AD2197

square

#AD7D21 #21AD37 #2151AD #AD2197

split-complementary

#AD7D21 #2197AD #3721AD

monochromatic

#46330D #7A5817 #AD7D21 #D8A033 #E2B866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#AD7D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#AD7D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7D21

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7D21	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa264',
    500: '#ad7d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7d21;
$custom-light: #caa264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62235,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7D21

secondary

#6285C7

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7D21

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

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