#AD8A24#AD8A24

#AD8A24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A24
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 3.30, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 55.67, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0031 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.121 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6421, 27.1904, 5.5137)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A24 #2447AD

analogous

#AD4624 #AD8A24 #8BAD24

triadic

#AD8A24 #24AD8A #8A24AD

tetradic

#AD8A24 #24AD46 #2447AD #AD248B

square

#AD8A24 #24AD46 #2447AD #AD248B

split-complementary

#AD8A24 #248BAD #4624AD

monochromatic

#48390F #7A6219 #AD8A24 #D6AE39 #E0C26B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A24

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A24	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)

#9B890F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab67',
    500: '#ad8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a24;
$custom-light: #caab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6491,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A24

secondary

#667FC6

accent

#6BE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A24

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

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