#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
RGBrgb(173, 133, 34)
HSLhsl(43, 67%, 41%)
HSVhsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.1%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.82, 6.00, 55.08)
CIE-LCHlch(57.82, 55.40, 83.79°)
OKLaboklab(63.86% 0.0106 0.1194)
OKLCHoklch(63.86% 0.12 84.9)
XYZxyz(25.9115, 25.7767, 5.1237)
Luminance0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AD85221.003.416.156.15
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1521.001.001.00
##0000006.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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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#AD8522 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva