#AD7E2A#AD7E2A

#AD7E2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E2A
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 10.23, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 51.37, 78.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0238 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.114 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1141, 23.9751, 5.4950)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E2A #2A59AD

analogous

#AD3C2A #AD7E2A #9BAD2A

triadic

#AD7E2A #2AAD7E #7E2AAD

tetradic

#AD7E2A #2AAD3C #2A59AD #AD2A9B

square

#AD7E2A #2AAD3C #2A59AD #AD2A9B

split-complementary

#AD7E2A #2A9BAD #3C2AAD

monochromatic

#4B3612 #7C5A1E #AD7E2A #D19E43 #DDB874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AD7E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#AD7E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E2A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E2A	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#90801E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa369',
    500: '#ad7e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e2a;
$custom-light: #caa369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62499,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E2A

secondary

#6E8DC5

accent

#7DE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E2A

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

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