#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
RGBrgb(173, 133, 35)
HSLhsl(43, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(43, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.1%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.83, 6.03, 54.73)
CIE-LCHlch(57.83, 55.06, 83.71°)
OKLaboklab(63.87% 0.0108 0.1188)
OKLCHoklch(63.87% 0.119 84.8)
XYZxyz(25.9262, 25.7825, 5.2008)
Luminance0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AD85231.003.416.166.16
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1621.001.001.00
##0000006.1621.001.001.00

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

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#AD8523 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva