#AD7C28#AD7C28

#AD7C28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.114 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C28
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 11.26, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 51.89, 77.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% 0.0265 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.114 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8260, 23.4548, 5.2268)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C28 #2859AD

analogous

#AD3A28 #AD7C28 #9CAD28

triadic

#AD7C28 #28AD7C #7C28AD

tetradic

#AD7C28 #28AD3A #2859AD #AD289C

square

#AD7C28 #28AD3A #2859AD #AD289C

split-complementary

#AD7C28 #289CAD #3A28AD

monochromatic

#4A3511 #7B581D #AD7C28 #D39C3F #DEB671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AD7C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#AD7C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C28

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C28	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)

#8E7E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.114 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa168',
    500: '#ad7c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c28;
$custom-light: #caa168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62084,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C28

secondary

#6C8DC5

accent

#7EE642

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C28

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

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