#AD6D38#AD6D38

#AD6D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.106 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6D38
RGB	rgb(173, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 20.52, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 44.47, 62.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% 0.0561 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.106 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4178, 20.1093, 6.3888)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6D38 #3878AD

analogous

#AD383E #AD6D38 #ADA738

triadic

#AD6D38 #38AD6D #6D38AD

tetradic

#AD6D38 #3EAD38 #3878AD #A738AD

square

#AD6D38 #3EAD38 #3878AD #A738AD

split-complementary

#AD6D38 #38ADA7 #383EAD

monochromatic

#51331A #7F5029 #AD6D38 #C98C59 #D8AC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AD6D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AD6D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6D38

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6D38	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5F61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.106 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9771',
    500: '#ad6d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6d38;
$custom-light: #ca9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.179,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59346,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6D38

secondary

#7FA4C2

accent

#9BDB4D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6D38

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

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