#AD6F23#AD6F23

#AD6F23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.117 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6F23
RGB	rgb(173, 111, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, 18.36, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 52.87, 69.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0466 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.117 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2233, 20.3767, 4.2998)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6F23 #2361AD

analogous

#AD2A23 #AD6F23 #A6AD23

triadic

#AD6F23 #23AD6F #6F23AD

tetradic

#AD6F23 #23AD2A #2361AD #AD23A6

square

#AD6F23 #23AD2A #2361AD #AD23A6

split-complementary

#AD6F23 #23A6AD #2A23AD

monochromatic

#472E0E #7A4E19 #AD6F23 #D68F37 #E1AB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#AD6F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#AD6F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6F23

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6F23	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 111, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.117 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9864',
    500: '#ad6f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6f23;
$custom-light: #cb9864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.043,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5952,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6F23

secondary

#6591C7

accent

#8BE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6F23

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

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