#AD8526#AD8526

#AD8526 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8526
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 38)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 6.15, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 53.99, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0115 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.118 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9726, 25.8011, 5.4455)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8526 #264EAD

analogous

#AD4226 #AD8526 #92AD26

triadic

#AD8526 #26AD85 #8526AD

tetradic

#AD8526 #26AD42 #264EAD #AD2692

square

#AD8526 #26AD42 #264EAD #AD2692

split-complementary

#AD8526 #2692AD #4226AD

monochromatic

#493810 #7B5E1B #AD8526 #D4A73C #DFBE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AD8526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8526

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8526	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)

#968515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa868',
    500: '#ad8526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8526;
$custom-light: #caa868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6389,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8526

secondary

#6984C6

accent

#72E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8526

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

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