#AD7523#AD7523

#AD7523 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.117 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7523
RGB	rgb(173, 117, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 14.99, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 53.12, 73.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.0367 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.117 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9001, 21.7303, 4.5254)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7523 #235BAD

analogous

#AD3023 #AD7523 #A0AD23

triadic

#AD7523 #23AD75 #7523AD

tetradic

#AD7523 #23AD30 #235BAD #AD23A0

square

#AD7523 #23AD30 #235BAD #AD23A0

split-complementary

#AD7523 #23A0AD #3023AD

monochromatic

#47300E #7A5319 #AD7523 #D69637 #E1B06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#AD7523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#AD7523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7523

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7523	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 117, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.117 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9c65',
    500: '#ad7523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7523;
$custom-light: #cb9c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6067,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7523

secondary

#658DC7

accent

#84E93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7523

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

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