#AD8321#AD8321

#AD8321 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8321
RGB	rgb(173, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 7.07, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 55.41, 82.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0136 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.12 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6261, 25.2286, 4.9585)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8321 #214BAD

analogous

#AD3D21 #AD8321 #91AD21

triadic

#AD8321 #21AD83 #8321AD

tetradic

#AD8321 #21AD3D #214BAD #AD2191

square

#AD8321 #21AD3D #214BAD #AD2191

split-complementary

#AD8321 #2191AD #3D21AD

monochromatic

#46350D #7A5C17 #AD8321 #D8A733 #E2BD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AD8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#AD8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8321

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8321	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa665',
    500: '#ad8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8321;
$custom-light: #caa665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8321

secondary

#6281C7

accent

#71EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8321

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

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