#AD7540#AD7540

#AD7540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7540
RGB	rgb(173, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 16.56, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 41.12, 66.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0455 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.099 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5219, 21.9790, 7.8004)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7540 #4078AD

analogous

#AD4042 #AD7540 #ADAC40

triadic

#AD7540 #40AD75 #7540AD

tetradic

#AD7540 #42AD40 #4078AD #AC40AD

square

#AD7540 #42AD40 #4078AD #AC40AD

split-complementary

#AD7540 #40ADAC #4042AD

monochromatic

#54391F #80572F #AD7540 #C69464 #D6B391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#AD7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#AD7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7540

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7540	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99c76',
    500: '#ad7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7540;
$custom-light: #c99c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.174,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60961,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7540

secondary

#87A5C2

accent

#96D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7540

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

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