#AD8535#AD8535

#AD8535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8535
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 6.88, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 47.94, 81.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0155 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.108 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2653, 25.9182, 6.9868)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8535 #355DAD

analogous

#AD4935 #AD8535 #99AD35

triadic

#AD8535 #35AD85 #8535AD

tetradic

#AD8535 #35AD49 #355DAD #AD3599

square

#AD8535 #35AD49 #355DAD #AD3599

split-complementary

#AD8535 #3599AD #4935AD

monochromatic

#4F3D18 #7E6127 #AD8535 #CBA354 #D9BD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AD8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8535

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8535	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)

#96852B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a870',
    500: '#ad8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8535;
$custom-light: #c9a870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8535

secondary

#7B93C3

accent

#7CDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8535

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

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