#AD7E23#AD7E23

#AD7E23 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.117 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E23
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 9.94, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 53.99, 79.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.0221 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.117 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9996, 23.9293, 4.8919)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E23 #2352AD

analogous

#AD3923 #AD7E23 #97AD23

triadic

#AD7E23 #23AD7E #7E23AD

tetradic

#AD7E23 #23AD39 #2352AD #AD2397

square

#AD7E23 #23AD39 #2352AD #AD2397

split-complementary

#AD7E23 #2397AD #3923AD

monochromatic

#47340E #7A5919 #AD7E23 #D6A037 #E1B86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AD7E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#AD7E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E23

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E23	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.117 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa366',
    500: '#ad7e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e23;
$custom-light: #caa366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62448,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E23

secondary

#6586C7

accent

#79E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E23

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

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