#AD8527#AD8527

#AD8527 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8527
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 6.19, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 53.62, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0117 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.117 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9890, 25.8077, 5.5316)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8527 #274FAD

analogous

#AD4227 #AD8527 #92AD27

triadic

#AD8527 #27AD85 #8527AD

tetradic

#AD8527 #27AD42 #274FAD #AD2792

square

#AD8527 #27AD42 #274FAD #AD2792

split-complementary

#AD8527 #2792AD #4227AD

monochromatic

#493810 #7B5F1C #AD8527 #D3A73E #DFBE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AD8527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8527

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8527	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)

#968517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa868',
    500: '#ad8527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8527;
$custom-light: #caa868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8527

secondary

#6A86C6

accent

#73E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8527

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

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