#AD6D21#AD6D21

#AD6D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.119 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6D21
RGB	rgb(173, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 19.40, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 53.56, 68.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.0494 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.119 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9786, 19.9336, 4.0760)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6D21 #2161AD

analogous

#AD2721 #AD6D21 #A7AD21

triadic

#AD6D21 #21AD6D #6D21AD

tetradic

#AD6D21 #21AD27 #2161AD #AD21A7

square

#AD6D21 #21AD27 #2161AD #AD21A7

split-complementary

#AD6D21 #21A7AD #2721AD

monochromatic

#462C0D #7A4D17 #AD6D21 #D88D33 #E2A966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#AD6D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#AD6D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6D21

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6D21	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827214

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.119 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9763',
    500: '#ad6d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6d21;
$custom-light: #cb9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59129,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6D21

secondary

#6291C7

accent

#8CEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6D21

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

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