#AD7A23#AD7A23

#AD7A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7A23
RGB	rgb(173, 122, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 12.18, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 53.53, 76.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0286 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4983, 22.9267, 4.7248)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7A23 #2356AD

analogous

#AD3523 #AD7A23 #9BAD23

triadic

#AD7A23 #23AD7A #7A23AD

tetradic

#AD7A23 #23AD35 #2356AD #AD239B

square

#AD7A23 #23AD35 #2356AD #AD239B

split-complementary

#AD7A23 #239BAD #3523AD

monochromatic

#47320E #7A5619 #AD7A23 #D69B37 #E1B56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#AD7A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#AD7A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7A23

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7A23	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)

#8D7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 122, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa065',
    500: '#ad7a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7a23;
$custom-light: #caa065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61651,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7A23

secondary

#6589C7

accent

#7EE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7A23

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

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