#AD8529#AD8529

#AD8529 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8529
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 6.28, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 52.87, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0122 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.116 84)
XYZ	xyz(26.0230, 25.8213, 5.7108)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8529 #2951AD

analogous

#AD4329 #AD8529 #93AD29

triadic

#AD8529 #29AD85 #8529AD

tetradic

#AD8529 #29AD43 #2951AD #AD2993

square

#AD8529 #29AD43 #2951AD #AD2993

split-complementary

#AD8529 #2993AD #4329AD

monochromatic

#4A3912 #7C5F1D #AD8529 #D2A641 #DEBD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD8529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#AD8529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8529

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8529	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)

#96851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa869',
    500: '#ad8529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8529;
$custom-light: #caa869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63911,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.25819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8529

secondary

#6D88C5

accent

#74E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8529

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

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