#AD851D#AD851D

#AD851D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.122 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD851D
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 83.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 5.83, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 57.03, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0096 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.122 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8446, 25.7499, 4.7712)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD851D #1D45AD

analogous

#AD3D1D #AD851D #8DAD1D

triadic

#AD851D #1DAD85 #851DAD

tetradic

#AD851D #1DAD3D #1D45AD #AD1D8D

square

#AD851D #1DAD3D #1D45AD #AD1D8D

split-complementary

#AD851D #1D8DAD #3D1DAD

monochromatic

#44340B #795D14 #AD851D #DCAB2C #E4C060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD851D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD851D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD851D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD851D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD851D	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad851d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.122 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa864',
    500: '#ad851d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad851d;
$custom-light: #caa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad851d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63836,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD851D

secondary

#5D7BC9

accent

#6CEE3A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD851D

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

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