#AD7E27#AD7E27

#AD7E27 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E27
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 10.10, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 52.52, 78.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.023 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.115 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0624, 23.9544, 5.2227)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E27 #2756AD

analogous

#AD3B27 #AD7E27 #99AD27

triadic

#AD7E27 #27AD7E #7E27AD

tetradic

#AD7E27 #27AD3B #2756AD #AD2799

square

#AD7E27 #27AD3B #2756AD #AD2799

split-complementary

#AD7E27 #2799AD #3B27AD

monochromatic

#493510 #7B5A1C #AD7E27 #D39F3E #DFB870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#AD7E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#AD7E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E27

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E27	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)

#907F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa368',
    500: '#ad7e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e27;
$custom-light: #caa368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62476,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E27

secondary

#6A8AC6

accent

#7BE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E27

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

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