#AD8225#AD8225

#AD8225 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8225
RGB	rgb(173, 130, 37)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 7.78, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 53.85, 81.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0161 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.117 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5518, 24.9850, 5.2267)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8225 #2550AD

analogous

#AD3E25 #AD8225 #94AD25

triadic

#AD8225 #25AD82 #8225AD

tetradic

#AD8225 #25AD3E #2550AD #AD2594

square

#AD8225 #25AD3E #2550AD #AD2594

split-complementary

#AD8225 #2594AD #3E25AD

monochromatic

#48360F #7B5C1A #AD8225 #D5A43A #E0BB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AD8225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AD8225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8225

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8225	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 130, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa667',
    500: '#ad8225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8225;
$custom-light: #caa667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8225

secondary

#6886C6

accent

#75E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8225

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

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