#AD8921#AD8921

#AD8921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.122 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AD8921
RGBrgb(173, 137, 33)
HSLhsl(45, 68%, 40%)
HSVhsv(45, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.8%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(58.87, 3.74, 56.36)
CIE-LCHlch(58.87, 56.49, 86.20°)
OKLaboklab(64.68% 0.004 0.1219)
OKLCHoklch(64.68% 0.122 88.1)
XYZxyz(26.4554, 26.8872, 5.2349)
Luminance0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AD8921 #2145AD
analogous
#AD4321 #AD8921 #8BAD21
triadic
#AD8921 #21AD89 #8921AD
tetradic
#AD8921 #21AD43 #2145AD #AD218B
square
#AD8921 #21AD43 #2145AD #AD218B
split-complementary
#AD8921 #218BAD #4321AD
monochromatic
#46380D #7A6017 #AD8921 #D8AE33 #E2C266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29
#AD8921 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38
#AD8921 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8921
6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AD8921#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AD89211.003.296.386.38
#FFFFFF3.291.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3821.001.001.00
##0000006.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A8808
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39227
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BC7C76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ad8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.122 88.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab66',
    500: '#ad8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ad8921;
$custom-light: #caab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ad8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64684,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AD8921
secondary
#627CC7
accent
#6AEB3D
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FAF4EB
border
#D3CEC6
text
#141006
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8921

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#AD8921 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva