#AD7E21#AD7E21

#AD7E21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.118 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E21
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 9.87, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 54.69, 79.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0216 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.118 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9707, 23.9178, 4.7400)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E21 #2150AD

analogous

#AD3821 #AD7E21 #96AD21

triadic

#AD7E21 #21AD7E #7E21AD

tetradic

#AD7E21 #21AD38 #2150AD #AD2196

square

#AD7E21 #21AD38 #2150AD #AD2196

split-complementary

#AD7E21 #2196AD #3821AD

monochromatic

#46330D #7A5917 #AD7E21 #D8A133 #E2B866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AD7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#AD7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E21

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E21	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.118 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa365',
    500: '#ad7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e21;
$custom-light: #caa365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62436,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E21

secondary

#6284C7

accent

#77EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E21

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

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