#AD782B#AD782B

#AD782B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.112 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD782B
RGB	rgb(173, 120, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 13.64, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 50.30, 74.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.0338 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.112 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3879, 22.4937, 5.3423)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD782B #2B60AD

analogous

#AD372B #AD782B #A1AD2B

triadic

#AD782B #2BAD78 #782BAD

tetradic

#AD782B #2BAD37 #2B60AD #AD2BA1

square

#AD782B #2BAD37 #2B60AD #AD2BA1

split-complementary

#AD782B #2BA1AD #372BAD

monochromatic

#4B3413 #7C561F #AD782B #D19845 #DDB376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#AD782B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#AD782B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD782B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD782B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD782B	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)

#8B7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad782b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 120, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.112 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9e69',
    500: '#ad782b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad782b;
$custom-light: #ca9e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad782b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61317,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD782B

secondary

#6F92C4

accent

#85E344

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD782B

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

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