#AD8531#AD8531

#AD8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.111 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8531
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 6.66, 49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 49.65, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0143 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.111 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1771, 25.8829, 6.5223)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8531 #3159AD

analogous

#AD4731 #AD8531 #97AD31

triadic

#AD8531 #31AD85 #8531AD

tetradic

#AD8531 #31AD47 #3159AD #AD3197

square

#AD8531 #31AD47 #3159AD #AD3197

split-complementary

#AD8531 #3197AD #4731AD

monochromatic

#4E3C16 #7D6023 #AD8531 #CDA44E #DABD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AD8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8531

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8531	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.111 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86e',
    500: '#ad8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8531;
$custom-light: #c9a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8531

secondary

#778FC3

accent

#79DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8531

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

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