#AD8429#AD8429

#AD8429 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8429
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 41)
HSL	hsl(41, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 6.83, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 52.69, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0138 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.116 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8867, 25.5487, 5.6654)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8429 #2952AD

analogous

#AD4229 #AD8429 #94AD29

triadic

#AD8429 #29AD84 #8429AD

tetradic

#AD8429 #29AD42 #2952AD #AD2994

square

#AD8429 #29AD42 #2952AD #AD2994

split-complementary

#AD8429 #2994AD #4229AD

monochromatic

#4A3912 #7C5E1D #AD8429 #D2A541 #DEBC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AD8429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AD8429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8429

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8429	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)

#95841A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa769',
    500: '#ad8429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8429;
$custom-light: #caa769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8429

secondary

#6D88C5

accent

#75E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8429

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

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