#AD7940#AD7940

#AD7940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.098 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7940
RGB	rgb(173, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 14.31, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 41.35, 69.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.0388 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.098 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9979, 22.9312, 7.9591)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7940 #4074AD

analogous

#AD4240 #AD7940 #ABAD40

triadic

#AD7940 #40AD79 #7940AD

tetradic

#AD7940 #40AD42 #4074AD #AD40AB

square

#AD7940 #40AD42 #4074AD #AD40AB

split-complementary

#AD7940 #40ABAD #4240AD

monochromatic

#543B1F #805A2F #AD7940 #C69764 #D6B591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AD7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#AD7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7940

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7940	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.098 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99f77',
    500: '#ad7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7940;
$custom-light: #c99f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.376,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61736,
    "c": 0.09819,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7940

secondary

#87A3C2

accent

#91D652

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7940

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

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