#AD8A29#AD8A29

#AD8A29 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.118 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A29
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 3.51, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 53.86, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0042 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.118 88)
XYZ	xyz(26.7239, 27.2231, 5.9444)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A29 #294CAD

analogous

#AD4829 #AD8A29 #8EAD29

triadic

#AD8A29 #29AD8A #8A29AD

tetradic

#AD8A29 #29AD48 #294CAD #AD298E

square

#AD8A29 #29AD48 #294CAD #AD298E

split-complementary

#AD8A29 #298EAD #4829AD

monochromatic

#4A3B12 #7C631D #AD8A29 #D2AC41 #DEC173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A29

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A29	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)

#9B8919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.118 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab6a',
    500: '#ad8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a29;
$custom-light: #caab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64944,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.27221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A29

secondary

#6D84C5

accent

#6EE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A29

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

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