#AD8533#AD8533

#AD8533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.110 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8533
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 6.77, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 48.81, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0149 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.11 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2202, 25.9002, 6.7495)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8533 #335BAD

analogous

#AD4833 #AD8533 #98AD33

triadic

#AD8533 #33AD85 #8533AD

tetradic

#AD8533 #33AD48 #335BAD #AD3398

square

#AD8533 #33AD48 #335BAD #AD3398

split-complementary

#AD8533 #3398AD #4833AD

monochromatic

#4E3C17 #7E6125 #AD8533 #CCA451 #DABD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AD8533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8533

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8533	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)

#968529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.110 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86f',
    500: '#ad8533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8533;
$custom-light: #c9a86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.328,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63994,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8533

secondary

#7991C3

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8533

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

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