#AD6342#AD6342

#AD6342 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.107 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6342
RGB	rgb(173, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 26.76, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 41.30, 49.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0766 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.107 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6805, 18.2036, 7.4724)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6342 #428CAD

analogous

#AD4256 #AD6342 #AD9942

triadic

#AD6342 #42AD63 #6342AD

tetradic

#AD6342 #56AD42 #428CAD #9942AD

square

#AD6342 #56AD42 #428CAD #9942AD

split-complementary

#AD6342 #42AD99 #4256AD

monochromatic

#543020 #814A31 #AD6342 #C58467 #D6A893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#AD6342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#AD6342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6342

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6342	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.107 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9077',
    500: '#ad6342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6342;
$custom-light: #ca9077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.505,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57676,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6342

secondary

#89B0C1

accent

#ADD453

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6342

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

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