#AD8028#AD8028

#AD8028 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8028
RGB	rgb(173, 128, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 9.02, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 52.42, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.02 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.115 80)
XYZ	xyz(25.3375, 24.4777, 5.3973)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8028 #2855AD

analogous

#AD3E28 #AD8028 #98AD28

triadic

#AD8028 #28AD80 #8028AD

tetradic

#AD8028 #28AD3E #2855AD #AD2898

square

#AD8028 #28AD3E #2855AD #AD2898

split-complementary

#AD8028 #2898AD #3E28AD

monochromatic

#4A3611 #7B5B1D #AD8028 #D3A13F #DEB971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AD8028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#AD8028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8028

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8028	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92811A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 128, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa468',
    500: '#ad8028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8028;
$custom-light: #caa468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.24476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8028

secondary

#6C8AC5

accent

#7AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8028

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

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