#AD6942#AD6942

#AD6942 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.103 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6942
RGB	rgb(173, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 23.43, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 40.59, 54.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.0665 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.103 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2702, 19.3830, 7.6690)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6942 #4286AD

analogous

#AD4251 #AD6942 #AD9F42

triadic

#AD6942 #42AD69 #6942AD

tetradic

#AD6942 #51AD42 #4286AD #9F42AD

square

#AD6942 #51AD42 #4286AD #9F42AD

split-complementary

#AD6942 #42AD9F #4251AD

monochromatic

#543320 #814E31 #AD6942 #C58967 #D6AC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AD6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#AD6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6942

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6942	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.103 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9477',
    500: '#ad6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6942;
$custom-light: #ca9477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.869,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58746,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6942

secondary

#89ADC1

accent

#A5D453

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6942

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

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