#AD7C23#AD7C23

#AD7C23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C23
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 11.06, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 53.75, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0253 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.117 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7464, 23.4229, 4.8075)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C23 #2354AD

analogous

#AD3723 #AD7C23 #99AD23

triadic

#AD7C23 #23AD7C #7C23AD

tetradic

#AD7C23 #23AD37 #2354AD #AD2399

square

#AD7C23 #23AD37 #2354AD #AD2399

split-complementary

#AD7C23 #2399AD #3723AD

monochromatic

#47330E #7A5819 #AD7C23 #D69E37 #E1B66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AD7C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#AD7C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C23

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C23	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD6E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa165',
    500: '#ad7c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c23;
$custom-light: #caa165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62048,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C23

secondary

#6588C7

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C23

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

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