#AD8224#AD8224

#AD8224 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.118 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8224
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 36)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, 7.74, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 54.21, 81.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0158 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.118 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5364, 24.9788, 5.1452)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8224 #244FAD

analogous

#AD3D24 #AD8224 #93AD24

triadic

#AD8224 #24AD82 #8224AD

tetradic

#AD8224 #24AD3D #244FAD #AD2493

square

#AD8224 #24AD3D #244FAD #AD2493

split-complementary

#AD8224 #2493AD #3D24AD

monochromatic

#48360F #7A5C19 #AD8224 #D6A439 #E0BB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8224

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8224	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.118 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa667',
    500: '#ad8224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8224;
$custom-light: #caa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8224

secondary

#6685C6

accent

#74E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8224

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

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