#AD8524#AD8524

#AD8524 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.119 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8524
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 79.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 6.07, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 54.71, 83.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.011 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.119 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9412, 25.7886, 5.2801)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8524 #244CAD

analogous

#AD4124 #AD8524 #90AD24

triadic

#AD8524 #24AD85 #8524AD

tetradic

#AD8524 #24AD41 #244CAD #AD2490

square

#AD8524 #24AD41 #244CAD #AD2490

split-complementary

#AD8524 #2490AD #4124AD

monochromatic

#48370F #7A5E19 #AD8524 #D6A839 #E0BE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AD8524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8524

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8524	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)

#968511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.119 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa867',
    500: '#ad8524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8524;
$custom-light: #caa867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 65.55,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8524

secondary

#6682C6

accent

#71E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8524

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

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