#AD8550#AD8550

#AD8550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.086 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8550
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 53.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 8.86, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 35.39, 75.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0249 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.086 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0704, 26.2402, 11.2269)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8550 #5078AD

analogous

#AD5750 #AD8550 #A6AD50

triadic

#AD8550 #50AD85 #8550AD

tetradic

#AD8550 #50AD57 #5078AD #AD50A6

square

#AD8550 #50AD57 #5078AD #AD50A6

split-complementary

#AD8550 #50A6AD #5750AD

monochromatic

#594529 #83653D #AD8550 #C1A279 #D4BFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AD8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AD8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8550

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8550	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94864C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.086 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a882',
    500: '#ad8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8550;
$custom-light: #c8a882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.194,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6435,
    "c": 0.08564,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8550

secondary

#97A9C2

accent

#8CCD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8550

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

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