#AD6A42#AD6A42

#AD6A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.102 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6A42
RGB	rgb(173, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 22.87, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 40.51, 55.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0648 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.102 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3727, 19.5879, 7.7031)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6A42 #4285AD

analogous

#AD4250 #AD6A42 #ADA042

triadic

#AD6A42 #42AD6A #6A42AD

tetradic

#AD6A42 #50AD42 #4285AD #A042AD

square

#AD6A42 #50AD42 #4285AD #A042AD

split-complementary

#AD6A42 #42ADA0 #4250AD

monochromatic

#543420 #814F31 #AD6A42 #C58A67 #D6AC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#AD6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#AD6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6A42

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6A42	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.102 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9577',
    500: '#ad6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6a42;
$custom-light: #ca9577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.43,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58928,
    "c": 0.10196,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6A42

secondary

#89ACC1

accent

#A4D453

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6A42

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

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