#AD7A42#AD7A42

#AD7A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7A42
RGB	rgb(173, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 13.89, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 40.53, 69.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.0379 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.097 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1780, 23.1986, 8.3049)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7A42 #4275AD

analogous

#AD4542 #AD7A42 #ABAD42

triadic

#AD7A42 #42AD7A #7A42AD

tetradic

#AD7A42 #42AD45 #4275AD #AD42AB

square

#AD7A42 #42AD45 #4275AD #AD42AB

split-complementary

#AD7A42 #42ABAD #4542AD

monochromatic

#543C20 #815B31 #AD7A42 #C59867 #D6B693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#AD7A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#AD7A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7A42

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7A42	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a078',
    500: '#ad7a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7a42;
$custom-light: #c9a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61958,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7A42

secondary

#89A4C1

accent

#91D453

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7A42

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

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