#AD8A27#AD8A27

#AD8A27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.119 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A27
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 3.42, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 54.60, 86.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0037 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.119 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6899, 27.2095, 5.7653)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A27 #274AAD

analogous

#AD4727 #AD8A27 #8DAD27

triadic

#AD8A27 #27AD8A #8A27AD

tetradic

#AD8A27 #27AD47 #274AAD #AD278D

square

#AD8A27 #27AD47 #274AAD #AD278D

split-complementary

#AD8A27 #278DAD #4727AD

monochromatic

#493A10 #7B621C #AD8A27 #D3AC3E #DFC270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A27

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A27	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)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.119 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ad8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a27;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6493,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A27

secondary

#6A82C6

accent

#6DE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A27

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

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