#AD7D38#AD7D38

#AD7D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7D38
RGB	rgb(173, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 11.53, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 45.34, 75.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0295 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.104 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2826, 23.8390, 7.0104)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7D38 #3868AD

analogous

#AD4338 #AD7D38 #A2AD38

triadic

#AD7D38 #38AD7D #7D38AD

tetradic

#AD7D38 #38AD43 #3868AD #AD38A2

square

#AD7D38 #38AD43 #3868AD #AD38A2

split-complementary

#AD7D38 #38A2AD #4338AD

monochromatic

#513A1A #7F5C29 #AD7D38 #C99B59 #D8B787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#AD7D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#AD7D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7D38

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7D38	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a272',
    500: '#ad7d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7d38;
$custom-light: #c9a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6243,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7D38

secondary

#7F9AC2

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7D38

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

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