#AD822C#AD822C

#AD822C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD822C
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 8.09, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 51.17, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.0178 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.113 81)
XYZ	xyz(25.6725, 25.0333, 5.8622)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD822C #2C57AD

analogous

#AD412C #AD822C #97AD2C

triadic

#AD822C #2CAD82 #822CAD

tetradic

#AD822C #2CAD41 #2C57AD #AD2C97

square

#AD822C #2CAD41 #2C57AD #AD2C97

split-complementary

#AD822C #2C97AD #412CAD

monochromatic

#4B3913 #7C5D20 #AD822C #D0A246 #DCBB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#AD822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD822C

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD822C	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa66b',
    500: '#ad822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad822c;
$custom-light: #caa66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.25031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD822C

secondary

#718CC4

accent

#7AE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD822C

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

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