#AD8121#AD8121

#AD8121 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8121
RGB	rgb(173, 129, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 8.19, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 55.10, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0168 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.119 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3601, 24.6965, 4.8698)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8121 #214DAD

analogous

#AD3B21 #AD8121 #93AD21

triadic

#AD8121 #21AD81 #8121AD

tetradic

#AD8121 #21AD3B #214DAD #AD2193

square

#AD8121 #21AD3B #214DAD #AD2193

split-complementary

#AD8121 #2193AD #3B21AD

monochromatic

#46340D #7A5B17 #AD8121 #D8A433 #E2BB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#AD8121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#AD8121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8121

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8121	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93820C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 129, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa565',
    500: '#ad8121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8121;
$custom-light: #caa565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8121

secondary

#6282C7

accent

#74EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8121

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

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