#AD8523#AD8523

#AD8523 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.119 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8523
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 6.03, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 55.06, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0108 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.119 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9262, 25.7825, 5.2008)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8523 #234BAD

analogous

#AD4023 #AD8523 #90AD23

triadic

#AD8523 #23AD85 #8523AD

tetradic

#AD8523 #23AD40 #234BAD #AD2390

square

#AD8523 #23AD40 #234BAD #AD2390

split-complementary

#AD8523 #2390AD #4023AD

monochromatic

#47370E #7A5E19 #AD8523 #D6A837 #E1BE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AD8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8523

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8523	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.119 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa866',
    500: '#ad8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8523;
$custom-light: #caa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6387,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8523

secondary

#6581C7

accent

#70E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8523

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

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