#AD8621#AD8621

#AD8621 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.121 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8621
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 5.41, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 55.92, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0088 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.121 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0349, 26.0461, 5.0947)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8621 #2148AD

analogous

#AD4021 #AD8621 #8EAD21

triadic

#AD8621 #21AD86 #8621AD

tetradic

#AD8621 #21AD40 #2148AD #AD218E

square

#AD8621 #21AD40 #2148AD #AD218E

split-complementary

#AD8621 #218EAD #4021AD

monochromatic

#46360D #7A5E17 #AD8621 #D8AA33 #E2C066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD8621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#AD8621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8621

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8621	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.121 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa866',
    500: '#ad8621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8621;
$custom-light: #caa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64064,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8621

secondary

#627FC7

accent

#6DEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8621

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

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