#AD8228#AD8228

#AD8228 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.116 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8228
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 7.91, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 52.73, 81.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% 0.0168 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.116 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6009, 25.0046, 5.4851)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8228 #2853AD

analogous

#AD4028 #AD8228 #95AD28

triadic

#AD8228 #28AD82 #8228AD

tetradic

#AD8228 #28AD40 #2853AD #AD2895

square

#AD8228 #28AD40 #2853AD #AD2895

split-complementary

#AD8228 #2895AD #4028AD

monochromatic

#4A3711 #7B5D1D #AD8228 #D3A33F #DEBB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8228

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8228	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)

#948319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.116 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa669',
    500: '#ad8228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8228;
$custom-light: #caa669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63291,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8228

secondary

#6C89C5

accent

#77E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8228

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

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