#AD782A#AD782A

#AD782A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.113 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD782A
RGB	rgb(173, 120, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 13.60, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 50.70, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0336 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.113 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3697, 22.4864, 5.2469)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD782A #2A5FAD

analogous

#AD362A #AD782A #A1AD2A

triadic

#AD782A #2AAD78 #782AAD

tetradic

#AD782A #2AAD36 #2A5FAD #AD2AA1

square

#AD782A #2AAD36 #2A5FAD #AD2AA1

split-complementary

#AD782A #2AA1AD #362AAD

monochromatic

#4B3412 #7C561E #AD782A #D19843 #DDB374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#AD782A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#AD782A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD782A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD782A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD782A	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad782a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 120, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.113 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9e69',
    500: '#ad782a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad782a;
$custom-light: #ca9e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad782a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD782A

secondary

#6E91C5

accent

#85E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD782A

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

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