#AD6A28#AD6A28

#AD6A28 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.116 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6A28
RGB	rgb(173, 106, 40)
HSL	hsl(30, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, 21.36, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 51.00, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0562 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.116 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7725, 19.3478, 4.5423)
Luminance	0.1935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6A28 #286BAD

analogous

#AD2829 #AD6A28 #ADAC28

triadic

#AD6A28 #28AD6A #6A28AD

tetradic

#AD6A28 #29AD28 #286BAD #AC28AD

square

#AD6A28 #29AD28 #286BAD #AC28AD

split-complementary

#AD6A28 #28ADAC #2829AD

monochromatic

#4A2D11 #7B4C1D #AD6A28 #D3893F #DEA771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#AD6A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#AD6A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6A28

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6A28	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F701F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 106, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.116 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9566',
    500: '#ad6a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6a28;
$custom-light: #cb9566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.774,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58625,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6A28

secondary

#6C99C5

accent

#95E642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6A28

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

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