#AD8927#AD8927

#AD8927 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.119 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8927
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, 3.97, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 54.40, 85.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% 0.0053 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.119 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5471, 26.9238, 5.7177)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8927 #274BAD

analogous

#AD4627 #AD8927 #8EAD27

triadic

#AD8927 #27AD89 #8927AD

tetradic

#AD8927 #27AD46 #274BAD #AD278E

square

#AD8927 #27AD46 #274BAD #AD278E

split-complementary

#AD8927 #278EAD #4627AD

monochromatic

#493A10 #7B611C #AD8927 #D3AB3E #DFC170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AD8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AD8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8927

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8927	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)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.119 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ad8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8927;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64722,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8927

secondary

#6A83C6

accent

#6EE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8927

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

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