#AD8536#AD8536

#AD8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.107 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8536
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 6.94, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 47.51, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0158 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.107 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2885, 25.9275, 7.1092)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8536 #365EAD

analogous

#AD4A36 #AD8536 #9AAD36

triadic

#AD8536 #36AD85 #8536AD

tetradic

#AD8536 #36AD4A #365EAD #AD369A

square

#AD8536 #36AD4A #365EAD #AD369A

split-complementary

#AD8536 #369AAD #4A36AD

monochromatic

#503D19 #7E6127 #AD8536 #CAA356 #D9BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AD8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AD8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8536

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8536	1.00	3.40	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.107 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a871',
    500: '#ad8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8536;
$custom-light: #c9a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.832,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64023,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8536

secondary

#7C94C2

accent

#7CDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8536

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

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