#AD8537#AD8537

#AD8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.107 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8537
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 7.00, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 47.07, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0161 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.107 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3123, 25.9370, 7.2342)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8537 #375FAD

analogous

#AD4A37 #AD8537 #9AAD37

triadic

#AD8537 #37AD85 #8537AD

tetradic

#AD8537 #37AD4A #375FAD #AD379A

square

#AD8537 #37AD4A #375FAD #AD379A

split-complementary

#AD8537 #379AAD #4A37AD

monochromatic

#503E19 #7F6128 #AD8537 #CAA357 #D8BD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AD8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AD8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8537

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8537	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	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)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.107 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a872',
    500: '#ad8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8537;
$custom-light: #c9a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.661,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8537

secondary

#7D95C2

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8537

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

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