#AD8424#AD8424

#AD8424 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.118 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8424
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 6.63, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 54.53, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0126 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.118 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8050, 25.5160, 5.2347)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8424 #244DAD

analogous

#AD4024 #AD8424 #91AD24

triadic

#AD8424 #24AD84 #8424AD

tetradic

#AD8424 #24AD40 #244DAD #AD2491

square

#AD8424 #24AD40 #244DAD #AD2491

split-complementary

#AD8424 #2491AD #4024AD

monochromatic

#48370F #7A5D19 #AD8424 #D6A739 #E0BD6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#AD8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8424

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8424	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)

#968412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.118 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa767',
    500: '#ad8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8424;
$custom-light: #caa767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63672,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8424

secondary

#6683C6

accent

#72E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8424

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

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