#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
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 3.74, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 56.49, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.004 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.122 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4554, 26.8872, 5.2349)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AD8921	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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