#AD8827#AD8827

#AD8827 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.118 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8827
RGB	rgb(173, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(43, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 4.53, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 54.19, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.0069 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.118 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4056, 26.6409, 5.6705)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8827 #274CAD

analogous

#AD4527 #AD8827 #8FAD27

triadic

#AD8827 #27AD88 #8827AD

tetradic

#AD8827 #27AD45 #274CAD #AD278F

square

#AD8827 #27AD45 #274CAD #AD278F

split-complementary

#AD8827 #278FAD #4527AD

monochromatic

#493910 #7B611C #AD8827 #D3AA3E #DFC070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AD8827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#AD8827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8827

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8827	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.118 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa69',
    500: '#ad8827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8827;
$custom-light: #caaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64515,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8827

secondary

#6A83C6

accent

#6FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8827

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

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