#AD852F#AD852F

#AD852F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.112 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD852F
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 72.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 6.56, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 50.48, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0137 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.112 83)
XYZ	xyz(26.1358, 25.8664, 6.3049)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD852F #2F57AD

analogous

#AD462F #AD852F #96AD2F

triadic

#AD852F #2FAD85 #852FAD

tetradic

#AD852F #2FAD46 #2F57AD #AD2F96

square

#AD852F #2FAD46 #2F57AD #AD2F96

split-complementary

#AD852F #2F96AD #462FAD

monochromatic

#4D3B15 #7D6022 #AD852F #CEA54B #DBBD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AD852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD852F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD852F	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#968523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.112 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86d',
    500: '#ad852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad852f;
$custom-light: #caa86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 57.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.25865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD852F

secondary

#748DC4

accent

#78E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD852F

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

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