#AD851E#AD851E

#AD851E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.122 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD851E
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 82.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 5.86, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 56.72, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0098 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.122 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8572, 25.7549, 4.8374)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD851E #1E46AD

analogous

#AD3E1E #AD851E #8DAD1E

triadic

#AD851E #1EAD85 #851EAD

tetradic

#AD851E #1EAD3E #1E46AD #AD1E8D

square

#AD851E #1EAD3E #1E46AD #AD1E8D

split-complementary

#AD851E #1E8DAD #3E1EAD

monochromatic

#45350C #795D15 #AD851E #DBAA2E #E4BF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD851E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD851E	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)

#978502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.122 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa864',
    500: '#ad851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad851e;
$custom-light: #caa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD851E

secondary

#5E7CC8

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD851E

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

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