#AD8553#AD8553

#AD8553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8553
RGB	rgb(173, 133, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 52%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, 9.14, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 33.95, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.0261 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.083 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1837, 26.2855, 11.8238)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8553 #537BAD

analogous

#AD5853 #AD8553 #A8AD53

triadic

#AD8553 #53AD85 #8553AD

tetradic

#AD8553 #53AD58 #537BAD #AD53A8

square

#AD8553 #53AD58 #537BAD #AD53A8

split-complementary

#AD8553 #53A8AD #5853AD

monochromatic

#5A452B #84653F #AD8553 #C1A27C #D5C0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AD8553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#AD8553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8553

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8553	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93874F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 133, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a884',
    500: '#ad8553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8553;
$custom-light: #c8a884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64398,
    "c": 0.08291,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8553

secondary

#9AACC2

accent

#8ECB5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#130F0B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8553

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

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