#AD8A22#AD8A22

#AD8A22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.122 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A22
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 3.23, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 56.36, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0027 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.122 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6124, 27.1785, 5.3574)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A22 #2245AD

analogous

#AD4422 #AD8A22 #8AAD22

triadic

#AD8A22 #22AD8A #8A22AD

tetradic

#AD8A22 #22AD44 #2245AD #AD228A

square

#AD8A22 #22AD44 #2245AD #AD228A

split-complementary

#AD8A22 #228AAD #4422AD

monochromatic

#47380E #7A6118 #AD8A22 #D7AE35 #E1C368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A22

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A22	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.122 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab66',
    500: '#ad8a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a22;
$custom-light: #caab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64898,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A22

secondary

#647DC7

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A22

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

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