#AD8428#AD8428

#AD8428 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8428
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 6.79, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 53.07, 82.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0136 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.116 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8695, 25.5419, 5.5746)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8428 #2851AD

analogous

#AD4228 #AD8428 #94AD28

triadic

#AD8428 #28AD84 #8428AD

tetradic

#AD8428 #28AD42 #2851AD #AD2894

square

#AD8428 #28AD42 #2851AD #AD2894

split-complementary

#AD8428 #2894AD #4228AD

monochromatic

#4A3811 #7B5E1D #AD8428 #D3A53F #DEBD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AD8428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8428

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8428	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)

#958419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa769',
    500: '#ad8428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8428;
$custom-light: #caa769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.504,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63699,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8428

secondary

#6C87C5

accent

#75E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8428

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

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