#AD6A23#AD6A23

#AD6A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.119 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6A23
RGB	rgb(173, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 21.16, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 52.87, 66.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.0549 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.119 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6929, 19.3160, 4.1230)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6A23 #2366AD

analogous

#AD2523 #AD6A23 #ABAD23

triadic

#AD6A23 #23AD6A #6A23AD

tetradic

#AD6A23 #23AD25 #2366AD #AD23AB

square

#AD6A23 #23AD25 #2366AD #AD23AB

split-complementary

#AD6A23 #23ABAD #2523AD

monochromatic

#472C0E #7A4B19 #AD6A23 #D68937 #E1A76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#AD6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#AD6A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6A23

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6A23	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.119 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9563',
    500: '#ad6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6a23;
$custom-light: #cb9563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.87,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58585,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6A23

secondary

#6594C7

accent

#91E93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6A23

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

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