#AD7C48#AD7C48

#AD7C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.092 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7C48
RGB	rgb(173, 124, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 58.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 13.23, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 37.97, 69.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0368 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.092 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6124, 23.7693, 9.3686)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7C48 #4879AD

analogous

#AD4A48 #AD7C48 #ABAD48

triadic

#AD7C48 #48AD7C #7C48AD

tetradic

#AD7C48 #48AD4A #4879AD #AD48AB

square

#AD7C48 #48AD4A #4879AD #AD48AB

split-complementary

#AD7C48 #48ABAD #4A48AD

monochromatic

#573E24 #825D36 #AD7C48 #C39A6F #D5B99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#AD7C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#AD7C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7C48

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7C48	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 124, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.092 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a27c',
    500: '#ad7c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7c48;
$custom-light: #c9a27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.891,
    "s": 41.224,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7C48

secondary

#8FA8C1

accent

#92D157

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2EE

border

#D2CCC9

text

#140F09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7C48

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

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