#AD8522#AD8522

#AD8522 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.120 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8522
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 6.00, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 55.40, 83.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0106 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.12 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9115, 25.7767, 5.1237)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8522 #224AAD

analogous

#AD3F22 #AD8522 #8FAD22

triadic

#AD8522 #22AD85 #8522AD

tetradic

#AD8522 #22AD3F #224AAD #AD228F

square

#AD8522 #22AD3F #224AAD #AD228F

split-complementary

#AD8522 #228FAD #3F22AD

monochromatic

#47360E #7A5E18 #AD8522 #D7A935 #E1BE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AD8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8522

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8522	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)

#97850D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.120 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa866',
    500: '#ad8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8522;
$custom-light: #caa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8522

secondary

#6480C7

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8522

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

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