#AD8A28#AD8A28

#AD8A28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.119 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A28
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 3.46, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 54.24, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.004 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.119 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7067, 27.2162, 5.8537)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A28 #284BAD

analogous

#AD4828 #AD8A28 #8DAD28

triadic

#AD8A28 #28AD8A #8A28AD

tetradic

#AD8A28 #28AD48 #284BAD #AD288D

square

#AD8A28 #28AD48 #284BAD #AD288D

split-complementary

#AD8A28 #288DAD #4828AD

monochromatic

#4A3B11 #7B621D #AD8A28 #D3AC3F #DEC271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A28

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A28	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)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.119 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab69',
    500: '#ad8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a28;
$custom-light: #caab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64937,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A28

secondary

#6C83C5

accent

#6DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A28

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

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