#AD7F21#AD7F21

#AD7F21 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.119 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7F21
RGB	rgb(173, 127, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 9.31, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 54.82, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% 0.02 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.119 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0992, 24.1748, 4.7828)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7F21 #214FAD

analogous

#AD3921 #AD7F21 #95AD21

triadic

#AD7F21 #21AD7F #7F21AD

tetradic

#AD7F21 #21AD39 #214FAD #AD2195

square

#AD7F21 #21AD39 #214FAD #AD2195

split-complementary

#AD7F21 #2195AD #3921AD

monochromatic

#46340D #7A5917 #AD7F21 #D8A233 #E2B966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AD7F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#AD7F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7F21

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7F21	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91800D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 127, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.119 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa365',
    500: '#ad7f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7f21;
$custom-light: #caa365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62637,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7F21

secondary

#6284C7

accent

#76EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7F21

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

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