#AD8728#AD8728

#AD8728 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8728
RGB	rgb(173, 135, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, 5.12, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 53.62, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.0088 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.117 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2822, 26.3672, 5.7122)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8728 #284EAD

analogous

#AD4528 #AD8728 #91AD28

triadic

#AD8728 #28AD87 #8728AD

tetradic

#AD8728 #28AD45 #284EAD #AD2891

square

#AD8728 #28AD45 #284EAD #AD2891

split-complementary

#AD8728 #2891AD #4528AD

monochromatic

#4A3911 #7B601D #AD8728 #D3A93F #DEBF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AD8728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#AD8728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8728

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8728	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 135, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa969',
    500: '#ad8728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8728;
$custom-light: #caa969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64315,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8728

secondary

#6C85C5

accent

#71E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8728

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

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