#AD781F#AD781F

#AD781F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.119 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD781F
RGB	rgb(173, 120, 31)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 82.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 13.16, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 54.74, 76.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.031 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.119 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1992, 22.4182, 4.3487)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD781F #1F54AD

analogous

#AD311F #AD781F #9BAD1F

triadic

#AD781F #1FAD78 #781FAD

tetradic

#AD781F #1FAD31 #1F54AD #AD1F9B

square

#AD781F #1FAD31 #1F54AD #AD1F9B

split-complementary

#AD781F #1F9BAD #311FAD

monochromatic

#45300C #795416 #AD781F #DA9A2F #E3B363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#AD781F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#AD781F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD781F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD781F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD781F	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad781f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 120, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.119 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9e63',
    500: '#ad781f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad781f;
$custom-light: #cb9e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad781f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.606,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6123,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD781F

secondary

#6087C8

accent

#7DEC3B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD781F

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

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