#AD6E22#AD6E22

#AD6E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.118 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6E22
RGB	rgb(173, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, 18.88, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 53.22, 69.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.048 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.118 66)
XYZ	xyz(23.1001, 20.1539, 4.1866)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6E22 #2261AD

analogous

#AD2922 #AD6E22 #A6AD22

triadic

#AD6E22 #22AD6E #6E22AD

tetradic

#AD6E22 #22AD29 #2261AD #AD22A6

square

#AD6E22 #22AD29 #2261AD #AD22A6

split-complementary

#AD6E22 #22A6AD #2922AD

monochromatic

#472D0E #7A4D18 #AD6E22 #D78E35 #E1AA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#AD6E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#AD6E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6E22

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6E22	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#827315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.118 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9763',
    500: '#ad6e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6e22;
$custom-light: #cb9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59324,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.20152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6E22

secondary

#6491C7

accent

#8CEA3E

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6E22

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

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