#AD7938#AD7938

#AD7938 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7938
RGB	rgb(173, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, 13.78, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 44.91, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.0361 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.104 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7864, 22.8465, 6.8450)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7938 #386CAD

analogous

#AD3E38 #AD7938 #A7AD38

triadic

#AD7938 #38AD79 #7938AD

tetradic

#AD7938 #38AD3E #386CAD #AD38A7

square

#AD7938 #38AD3E #386CAD #AD38A7

split-complementary

#AD7938 #38A7AD #3E38AD

monochromatic

#51381A #7F5929 #AD7938 #C99759 #D8B487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AD7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#AD7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7938

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7938	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99f71',
    500: '#ad7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7938;
$custom-light: #c99f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6164,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7938

secondary

#7F9DC2

accent

#8CDB4D

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7938

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

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