#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
RGBrgb(173, 109, 33)
HSLhsl(33, 68%, 40%)
HSVhsv(33, 81%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(51.76, 19.40, 49.93)
CIE-LCHlch(51.76, 53.56, 68.76°)
OKLaboklab(59.13% 0.0494 0.108)
OKLCHoklch(59.13% 0.119 65.4)
XYZxyz(22.9786, 19.9336, 4.0760)
Luminance0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##AD6D211.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

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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#AD6D21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva