#AD7C2C#AD7C2C

#AD7C2C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C2C
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 11.44, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 50.32, 76.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.0275 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.112 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8976, 23.4834, 5.6038)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C2C #2C5DAD

analogous

#AD3B2C #AD7C2C #9EAD2C

triadic

#AD7C2C #2CAD7C #7C2CAD

tetradic

#AD7C2C #2CAD3B #2C5DAD #AD2C9E

square

#AD7C2C #2CAD3B #2C5DAD #AD2C9E

split-complementary

#AD7C2C #2C9EAD #3B2CAD

monochromatic

#4B3613 #7C5920 #AD7C2C #D09C46 #DCB677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#AD7C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#AD7C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C2C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C2C	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa16a',
    500: '#ad7c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c2c;
$custom-light: #caa16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.209,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62116,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C2C

secondary

#7190C4

accent

#81E345

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C2C

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

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