#AD8026#AD8026

#AD8026 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8026
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 38)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 8.94, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 53.17, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0195 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.116 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3043, 24.4645, 5.2227)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8026 #2653AD

analogous

#AD3D26 #AD8026 #97AD26

triadic

#AD8026 #26AD80 #8026AD

tetradic

#AD8026 #26AD3D #2653AD #AD2697

square

#AD8026 #26AD3D #2653AD #AD2697

split-complementary

#AD8026 #2697AD #3D26AD

monochromatic

#493610 #7B5B1B #AD8026 #D4A13C #DFBA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AD8026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#AD8026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8026

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8026	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#928117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa467',
    500: '#ad8026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8026;
$custom-light: #caa467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62872,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8026

secondary

#6988C6

accent

#78E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8026

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

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