#AD8521#AD8521

#AD8521 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8521
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 5.96, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 55.74, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0104 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.12 85)
XYZ	xyz(25.8973, 25.7710, 5.0489)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8521 #2149AD

analogous

#AD3F21 #AD8521 #8FAD21

triadic

#AD8521 #21AD85 #8521AD

tetradic

#AD8521 #21AD3F #2149AD #AD218F

square

#AD8521 #21AD3F #2149AD #AD218F

split-complementary

#AD8521 #218FAD #3F21AD

monochromatic

#46360D #7A5D17 #AD8521 #D8A933 #E2BF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD8521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8521

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8521	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)

#97850A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa865',
    500: '#ad8521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8521;
$custom-light: #caa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63858,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.25769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8521

secondary

#627FC7

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8521

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

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