#AD8226#AD8226

#AD8226 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8226
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 38)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 7.82, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 53.48, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0163 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.117 82)
XYZ	xyz(25.5678, 24.9914, 5.3105)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8226 #2651AD

analogous

#AD3F26 #AD8226 #95AD26

triadic

#AD8226 #26AD82 #8226AD

tetradic

#AD8226 #26AD3F #2651AD #AD2695

square

#AD8226 #26AD3F #2651AD #AD2695

split-complementary

#AD8226 #2695AD #3F26AD

monochromatic

#493710 #7B5C1B #AD8226 #D4A43C #DFBB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8226

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8226	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)

#948316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa668',
    500: '#ad8226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8226;
$custom-light: #caa668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63277,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.24989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8226

secondary

#6987C6

accent

#76E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8226

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

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