#AD8221#AD8221

#AD8221 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8221
RGBrgb(173, 130, 33)
HSLhsl(42, 68%, 40%)
HSVhsv(42, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.04, 7.63, 54.72)
CIE-LCHlch(57.04, 55.25, 82.06°)
OKLaboklab(63.25% 0.0152 0.1184)
OKLCHoklch(63.25% 0.119 82.7)
XYZxyz(25.4925, 24.9612, 4.9139)
Luminance0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8221 #214CAD
analogous
#AD3C21 #AD8221 #92AD21
triadic
#AD8221 #21AD82 #8221AD
tetradic
#AD8221 #21AD3C #214CAD #AD2192
square
#AD8221 #21AD3C #214CAD #AD2192
split-complementary
#AD8221 #2192AD #3C21AD
monochromatic
#46350D #7A5B17 #AD8221 #D8A533 #E2BC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#AD8221 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#AD8221 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8221
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8221#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD82211.003.505.995.99
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94820C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E8D26
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC7570
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 82.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa665',
    500: '#ad8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8221;
$custom-light: #caa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8221
secondary
#6281C7
accent
#72EB3D
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#140F06
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8221

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#AD8221 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva