#AD853C#AD853C

#AD853C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.103 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD853C
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 65.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 7.31, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 44.82, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.0177 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.103 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4382, 25.9874, 7.8977)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD853C #3C64AD

analogous

#AD4C3C #AD853C #9CAD3C

triadic

#AD853C #3CAD85 #853CAD

tetradic

#AD853C #3CAD4C #3C64AD #AD3C9C

square

#AD853C #3CAD4C #3C64AD #AD3C9C

split-complementary

#AD853C #3C9CAD #4C3CAD

monochromatic

#523F1C #80622C #AD853C #C7A25F #D7BD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AD853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AD853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD853C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD853C	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.103 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a875',
    500: '#ad853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad853c;
$custom-light: #c9a875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.761,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD853C

secondary

#8399C2

accent

#80D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD853C

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

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