#AD8729#AD8729

#AD8729 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8729
RGB	rgb(173, 135, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 5.17, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 53.25, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.009 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.117 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2994, 26.3741, 5.8029)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8729 #294FAD

analogous

#AD4529 #AD8729 #91AD29

triadic

#AD8729 #29AD87 #8729AD

tetradic

#AD8729 #29AD45 #294FAD #AD2991

square

#AD8729 #29AD45 #294FAD #AD2991

split-complementary

#AD8729 #2991AD #4529AD

monochromatic

#4A3A12 #7C601D #AD8729 #D2A841 #DEBF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#AD8729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#AD8729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8729

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8729	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)

#98871A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 135, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96a',
    500: '#ad8729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8729;
$custom-light: #caa96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64322,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8729

secondary

#6D86C5

accent

#72E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8729

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

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