#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
RGBrgb(173, 133, 32)
HSLhsl(43, 69%, 40%)
HSVhsv(43, 82%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.1%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.81, 5.93, 55.76)
CIE-LCHlch(57.81, 56.07, 83.93°)
OKLaboklab(63.85% 0.0102 0.1204)
OKLCHoklch(63.85% 0.121 85.2)
XYZxyz(25.8835, 25.7655, 4.9762)
Luminance0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AD85201.003.416.156.15
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1521.001.001.00
##0000006.1521.001.001.00

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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#AD8520 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva