#AD8020#AD8020

#AD8020 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8020
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 32)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 8.71, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 55.29, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.0182 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.119 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2152, 24.4288, 4.7534)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8020 #204DAD

analogous

#AD3A20 #AD8020 #93AD20

triadic

#AD8020 #20AD80 #8020AD

tetradic

#AD8020 #20AD3A #204DAD #AD2093

square

#AD8020 #20AD3A #204DAD #AD2093

split-complementary

#AD8020 #2093AD #3A20AD

monochromatic

#46340D #795A16 #AD8020 #D9A331 #E2BA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AD8020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#AD8020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8020

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8020	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92810A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa464',
    500: '#ad8020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8020;
$custom-light: #caa464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62833,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8020

secondary

#6182C8

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8020

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

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