#AD8420#AD8420

#AD8420 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.120 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8420
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 6.48, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 55.90, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0118 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.12 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7473, 25.4930, 4.9308)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8420 #2049AD

analogous

#AD3D20 #AD8420 #8FAD20

triadic

#AD8420 #20AD84 #8420AD

tetradic

#AD8420 #20AD3D #2049AD #AD208F

square

#AD8420 #20AD3D #2049AD #AD208F

split-complementary

#AD8420 #208FAD #3D20AD

monochromatic

#46350D #795D16 #AD8420 #D9A831 #E2BE65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AD8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8420

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8420	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968408

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.120 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa765',
    500: '#ad8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8420;
$custom-light: #caa765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63647,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8420

secondary

#617FC8

accent

#6FEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8420

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

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