#AD8422#AD8422

#AD8422 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8422
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 6.55, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 55.23, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0122 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.119 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7753, 25.5042, 5.0783)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8422 #224BAD

analogous

#AD3E22 #AD8422 #90AD22

triadic

#AD8422 #22AD84 #8422AD

tetradic

#AD8422 #22AD3E #224BAD #AD2290

square

#AD8422 #22AD3E #224BAD #AD2290

split-complementary

#AD8422 #2290AD #3E22AD

monochromatic

#47360E #7A5D18 #AD8422 #D7A735 #E1BE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AD8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8422

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8422	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)

#96840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa766',
    500: '#ad8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8422;
$custom-light: #caa766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63659,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8422

secondary

#6481C7

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8422

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

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