#AD852A#AD852A

#AD852A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.115 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD852A
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 6.32, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 52.48, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0124 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.115 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0407, 25.8283, 5.8039)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD852A #2A52AD

analogous

#AD432A #AD852A #94AD2A

triadic

#AD852A #2AAD85 #852AAD

tetradic

#AD852A #2AAD43 #2A52AD #AD2A94

square

#AD852A #2AAD43 #2A52AD #AD2A94

split-complementary

#AD852A #2A94AD #432AAD

monochromatic

#4B3912 #7C5F1E #AD852A #D1A643 #DDBD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AD852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AD852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD852A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD852A	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.115 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86a',
    500: '#ad852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad852a;
$custom-light: #caa86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD852A

secondary

#6E89C5

accent

#75E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD852A

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

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