#AD6740#AD6740

#AD6740 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.105 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6740
RGB	rgb(173, 103, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.64, 24.40, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.64, 41.57, 54.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.0691 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.105 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0110, 18.9572, 7.2967)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6740 #4086AD

analogous

#AD4050 #AD6740 #AD9E40

triadic

#AD6740 #40AD67 #6740AD

tetradic

#AD6740 #50AD40 #4086AD #9E40AD

square

#AD6740 #50AD40 #4086AD #9E40AD

split-complementary

#AD6740 #40AD9E #4050AD

monochromatic

#54321F #804C2F #AD6740 #C68764 #D6AA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#AD6740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#AD6740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6740

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6740	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 103, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.105 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9376',
    500: '#ad6740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6740;
$custom-light: #ca9376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.468,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58355,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6740

secondary

#87ADC2

accent

#A7D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6740

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

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