#AD7C27#AD7C27

#AD7C27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C27
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 39)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 11.22, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 52.27, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0263 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.115 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8092, 23.4481, 5.1384)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C27 #2758AD

analogous

#AD3927 #AD7C27 #9BAD27

triadic

#AD7C27 #27AD7C #7C27AD

tetradic

#AD7C27 #27AD39 #2758AD #AD279B

square

#AD7C27 #27AD39 #2758AD #AD279B

split-complementary

#AD7C27 #279BAD #3927AD

monochromatic

#493410 #7B581C #AD7C27 #D39D3E #DFB670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AD7C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#AD7C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C27

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C27	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa167',
    500: '#ad7c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c27;
$custom-light: #caa167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.06,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62076,
    "c": 0.1149,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C27

secondary

#6A8CC6

accent

#7EE642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C27

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

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