#AD8027#AD8027

#AD8027 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8027
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 8.98, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 52.80, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0198 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.116 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3207, 24.4710, 5.3088)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8027 #2754AD

analogous

#AD3D27 #AD8027 #97AD27

triadic

#AD8027 #27AD80 #8027AD

tetradic

#AD8027 #27AD3D #2754AD #AD2797

square

#AD8027 #27AD3D #2754AD #AD2797

split-complementary

#AD8027 #2797AD #3D27AD

monochromatic

#493610 #7B5B1C #AD8027 #D3A13E #DFB970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AD8027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#AD8027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8027

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8027	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)

#928118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa468',
    500: '#ad8027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8027;
$custom-light: #caa468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62879,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8027

secondary

#6A89C6

accent

#79E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8027

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

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