#AD6C23#AD6C23

#AD6C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.118 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6C23
RGB	rgb(173, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(32, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 20.04, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 52.85, 67.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0516 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.118 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9014, 19.7330, 4.1925)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6C23 #2364AD

analogous

#AD2723 #AD6C23 #A9AD23

triadic

#AD6C23 #23AD6C #6C23AD

tetradic

#AD6C23 #23AD27 #2364AD #AD23A9

square

#AD6C23 #23AD27 #2364AD #AD23A9

split-complementary

#AD6C23 #23A9AD #2723AD

monochromatic

#472C0E #7A4C19 #AD6C23 #D68B37 #E1A96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#AD6C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#AD6C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6C23

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6C23	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5D5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.118 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9664',
    500: '#ad6c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6c23;
$custom-light: #cb9664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.739,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58956,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6C23

secondary

#6593C7

accent

#8FE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6C23

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

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