#AD742E#AD742E

#AD742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.111 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD742E
RGB	rgb(173, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 16.03, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 48.79, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0413 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.111 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9739, 21.5744, 5.4859)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD742E #2E67AD

analogous

#AD342E #AD742E #A6AD2E

triadic

#AD742E #2EAD74 #742EAD

tetradic

#AD742E #2EAD34 #2E67AD #AD2EA6

square

#AD742E #2EAD34 #2E67AD #AD2EA6

split-complementary

#AD742E #2EA6AD #342EAD

monochromatic

#4C3314 #7D5421 #AD742E #CF9349 #DCB07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#AD742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#AD742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD742E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD742E	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.111 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9c6b',
    500: '#ad742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad742e;
$custom-light: #ca9c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.071,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD742E

secondary

#7397C4

accent

#8CE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD742E

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

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