#AD6440#AD6440

#AD6440 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.107 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6440
RGB	rgb(173, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 26.06, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 41.91, 51.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.0741 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.107 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7179, 18.3711, 7.1990)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6440 #4089AD

analogous

#AD4052 #AD6440 #AD9B40

triadic

#AD6440 #40AD64 #6440AD

tetradic

#AD6440 #52AD40 #4089AD #9B40AD

square

#AD6440 #52AD40 #4089AD #9B40AD

split-complementary

#AD6440 #40AD9B #4052AD

monochromatic

#54301F #804A2F #AD6440 #C68564 #D6A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#AD6440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AD6440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6440

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6440	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC565B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.107 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9176',
    500: '#ad6440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6440;
$custom-light: #ca9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.817,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57821,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6440

secondary

#87AEC2

accent

#AAD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6440

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

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