#AD7C2A#AD7C2A

#AD7C2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C2A
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 11.35, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 51.11, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.027 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.113 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8609, 23.4687, 5.4106)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C2A #2A5BAD

analogous

#AD3A2A #AD7C2A #9DAD2A

triadic

#AD7C2A #2AAD7C #7C2AAD

tetradic

#AD7C2A #2AAD3A #2A5BAD #AD2A9D

square

#AD7C2A #2AAD3A #2A5BAD #AD2A9D

split-complementary

#AD7C2A #2A9DAD #3A2AAD

monochromatic

#4B3512 #7C591E #AD7C2A #D19C43 #DDB674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AD7C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#AD7C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C2A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C2A	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)

#8E7E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa169',
    500: '#ad7c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c2a;
$custom-light: #caa169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C2A

secondary

#6E8EC5

accent

#80E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C2A

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

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