#AD8539#AD8539

#AD8539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.105 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8539
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 7.12, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 46.18, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.0167 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.105 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3612, 25.9565, 7.4918)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8539 #3961AD

analogous

#AD4B39 #AD8539 #9BAD39

triadic

#AD8539 #39AD85 #8539AD

tetradic

#AD8539 #39AD4B #3961AD #AD399B

square

#AD8539 #39AD4B #3961AD #AD399B

split-complementary

#AD8539 #399BAD #4B39AD

monochromatic

#513E1B #7F622A #AD8539 #C9A35A #D8BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AD8539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AD8539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8539

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8539	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)

#958531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.105 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a873',
    500: '#ad8539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8539;
$custom-light: #c9a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64053,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8539

secondary

#8097C2

accent

#7EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8539

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

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