#AD8427#AD8427

#AD8427 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.117 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8427
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 6.75, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 53.44, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0133 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.117 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8527, 25.5351, 5.4862)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8427 #2750AD

analogous

#AD4127 #AD8427 #93AD27

triadic

#AD8427 #27AD84 #8427AD

tetradic

#AD8427 #27AD41 #2750AD #AD2793

square

#AD8427 #27AD41 #2750AD #AD2793

split-complementary

#AD8427 #2793AD #4127AD

monochromatic

#493810 #7B5E1C #AD8427 #D3A63E #DFBD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AD8427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8427

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8427	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.117 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa768',
    500: '#ad8427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8427;
$custom-light: #caa768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63692,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8427

secondary

#6A86C6

accent

#74E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8427

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

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