#AD6937#AD6937

#AD6937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.109 H 55.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6937
RGB	rgb(173, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(25, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, 22.69, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 45.03, 59.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0625 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.109 55)
XYZ	xyz(22.9765, 19.2655, 6.1223)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6937 #377BAD

analogous

#AD3740 #AD6937 #ADA437

triadic

#AD6937 #37AD69 #6937AD

tetradic

#AD6937 #40AD37 #377BAD #A437AD

square

#AD6937 #40AD37 #377BAD #A437AD

split-complementary

#AD6937 #37ADA4 #3740AD

monochromatic

#503119 #7F4D28 #AD6937 #CA8857 #D8A986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#AD6937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#AD6937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6937

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6937	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.109 55.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9470',
    500: '#ad6937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6937;
$custom-light: #ca9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.424,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 55
  },
  "luminance": 0.19263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6937

secondary

#7DA5C2

accent

#9FDB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6937

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

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