#AD8A23#AD8A23

#AD8A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A23
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 3.26, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 56.02, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.0029 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.121 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6271, 27.1843, 5.4344)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A23 #2346AD

analogous

#AD4523 #AD8A23 #8BAD23

triadic

#AD8A23 #23AD8A #8A23AD

tetradic

#AD8A23 #23AD45 #2346AD #AD238B

square

#AD8A23 #23AD45 #2346AD #AD238B

split-complementary

#AD8A23 #238BAD #4523AD

monochromatic

#47390E #7A6119 #AD8A23 #D6AE37 #E1C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A23

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A23	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)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab67',
    500: '#ad8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a23;
$custom-light: #caab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A23

secondary

#657EC7

accent

#6AE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A23

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

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