#AD8021#AD8021

#AD8021 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8021
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 8.75, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 54.96, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0184 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.119 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2290, 24.4344, 4.8261)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8021 #214EAD

analogous

#AD3A21 #AD8021 #94AD21

triadic

#AD8021 #21AD80 #8021AD

tetradic

#AD8021 #21AD3A #214EAD #AD2194

square

#AD8021 #21AD3A #214EAD #AD2194

split-complementary

#AD8021 #2194AD #3A21AD

monochromatic

#46340D #7A5A17 #AD8021 #D8A333 #E2BA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AD8021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#AD8021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8021

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8021	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)

#92810D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa465',
    500: '#ad8021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8021;
$custom-light: #caa465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62839,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8021

secondary

#6283C7

accent

#75EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8021

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

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