#AD8A25#AD8A25

#AD8A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD8A25
RGB	rgb(173, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 3.34, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 55.32, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0033 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.12 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6576, 27.1966, 5.5953)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD8A25 #2548AD

analogous

#AD4625 #AD8A25 #8CAD25

triadic

#AD8A25 #25AD8A #8A25AD

tetradic

#AD8A25 #25AD46 #2548AD #AD258C

square

#AD8A25 #25AD46 #2548AD #AD258C

split-complementary

#AD8A25 #258CAD #4625AD

monochromatic

#483A0F #7B621A #AD8A25 #D5AD3A #E0C26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AD8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AD8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD8A25

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD8A25	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab68',
    500: '#ad8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad8a25;
$custom-light: #caab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD8A25

secondary

#6880C6

accent

#6BE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD8A25

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

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