#AD8520#AD8520

#AD8520 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.121 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8520
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 5.93, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 56.07, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.0102 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.121 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8835, 25.7655, 4.9762)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8520 #2048AD

analogous

#AD3F20 #AD8520 #8EAD20

triadic

#AD8520 #20AD85 #8520AD

tetradic

#AD8520 #20AD3F #2048AD #AD208E

square

#AD8520 #20AD3F #2048AD #AD208E

split-complementary

#AD8520 #208EAD #3F20AD

monochromatic

#46360D #795D16 #AD8520 #D9A931 #E2BF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8520

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8520	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)

#978508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.121 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa865',
    500: '#ad8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8520;
$custom-light: #caa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8520

secondary

#617EC8

accent

#6EEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8520

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

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