#AD8929#AD8929

#AD8929 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8929
RGB	rgb(173, 137, 41)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 4.06, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 53.65, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0058 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.118 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5811, 26.9374, 5.8968)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8929 #294DAD

analogous

#AD4729 #AD8929 #8FAD29

triadic

#AD8929 #29AD89 #8929AD

tetradic

#AD8929 #29AD47 #294DAD #AD298F

square

#AD8929 #29AD47 #294DAD #AD298F

split-complementary

#AD8929 #298FAD #4729AD

monochromatic

#4A3B12 #7C621D #AD8929 #D2AB41 #DEC173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AD8929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#AD8929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8929

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8929	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 137, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ad8929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8929;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64736,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8929

secondary

#6D85C5

accent

#6FE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8929

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

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