#AD6E20#AD6E20

#AD6E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.119 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6E20
RGB	rgb(173, 110, 32)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 81.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 18.81, 50.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 53.92, 69.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.0476 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.119 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0721, 20.1426, 4.0391)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6E20 #205FAD

analogous

#AD2720 #AD6E20 #A6AD20

triadic

#AD6E20 #20AD6E #6E20AD

tetradic

#AD6E20 #20AD27 #205FAD #AD20A6

square

#AD6E20 #20AD27 #205FAD #AD20A6

split-complementary

#AD6E20 #20A6AD #2720AD

monochromatic

#462C0D #794D16 #AD6E20 #D98E31 #E2AA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AD6E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AD6E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6E20

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6E20	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 110, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.119 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9762',
    500: '#ad6e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6e20;
$custom-light: #cb9762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5931,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6E20

secondary

#618FC8

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6E20

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

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