#AD8823#AD8823

#AD8823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.121 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8823
RGB	rgb(173, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(44, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, 4.37, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 55.62, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.006 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.121 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3428, 26.6157, 5.3397)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8823 #2348AD

analogous

#AD4323 #AD8823 #8DAD23

triadic

#AD8823 #23AD88 #8823AD

tetradic

#AD8823 #23AD43 #2348AD #AD238D

square

#AD8823 #23AD43 #2348AD #AD238D

split-complementary

#AD8823 #238DAD #4323AD

monochromatic

#47380E #7A6019 #AD8823 #D6AC37 #E1C16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AD8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#AD8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8823

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8823	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.121 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaa67',
    500: '#ad8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8823;
$custom-light: #caaa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64489,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8823

secondary

#657FC7

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8823

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

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