#AD8421#AD8421

#AD8421 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8421
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 33)
HSL	hsl(42, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(42, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 6.52, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 55.57, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.012 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.12 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7611, 25.4985, 5.0034)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8421 #214AAD

analogous

#AD3E21 #AD8421 #90AD21

triadic

#AD8421 #21AD84 #8421AD

tetradic

#AD8421 #21AD3E #214AAD #AD2190

square

#AD8421 #21AD3E #214AAD #AD2190

split-complementary

#AD8421 #2190AD #3E21AD

monochromatic

#46360D #7A5D17 #AD8421 #D8A833 #E2BE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AD8421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8421

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8421	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)

#96840B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa765',
    500: '#ad8421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8421;
$custom-light: #caa765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63653,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8421

secondary

#6280C7

accent

#70EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8421

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

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