#AD6B23#AD6B23

#AD6B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.118 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6B23
RGB	rgb(173, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 20.60, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 52.85, 67.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.0532 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.118 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7965, 19.5233, 4.1576)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6B23 #2365AD

analogous

#AD2623 #AD6B23 #AAAD23

triadic

#AD6B23 #23AD6B #6B23AD

tetradic

#AD6B23 #23AD26 #2365AD #AD23AA

square

#AD6B23 #23AD26 #2365AD #AD23AA

split-complementary

#AD6B23 #23AAAD #2623AD

monochromatic

#472C0E #7A4C19 #AD6B23 #D68A37 #E1A86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#AD6B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#AD6B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6B23

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6B23	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.118 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9564',
    500: '#ad6b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6b23;
$custom-light: #cb9564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5877,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6B23

secondary

#6594C7

accent

#90E93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6B23

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

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