#AD8229#AD8229

#AD8229 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.115 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8229
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 7.95, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 52.35, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.017 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.115 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6181, 25.0115, 5.5758)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8229 #2954AD

analogous

#AD4029 #AD8229 #96AD29

triadic

#AD8229 #29AD82 #8229AD

tetradic

#AD8229 #29AD40 #2954AD #AD2996

square

#AD8229 #29AD40 #2954AD #AD2996

split-complementary

#AD8229 #2996AD #4029AD

monochromatic

#4A3812 #7C5D1D #AD8229 #D2A341 #DEBB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8229

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8229	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)

#94831B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.115 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa669',
    500: '#ad8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8229;
$custom-light: #caa669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63299,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8229

secondary

#6D8AC5

accent

#78E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8229

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

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