#AD7E2E#AD7E2E

#AD7E2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E2E
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 10.42, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 49.76, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0248 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.111 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1893, 24.0052, 5.8910)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E2E #2E5DAD

analogous

#AD3E2E #AD7E2E #9DAD2E

triadic

#AD7E2E #2EAD7E #7E2EAD

tetradic

#AD7E2E #2EAD3E #2E5DAD #AD2E9D

square

#AD7E2E #2EAD3E #2E5DAD #AD2E9D

split-complementary

#AD7E2E #2E9DAD #3E2EAD

monochromatic

#4C3814 #7D5B21 #AD7E2E #CF9D49 #DCB77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AD7E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#AD7E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E2E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E2E	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa36c',
    500: '#ad7e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e2e;
$custom-light: #caa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E2E

secondary

#7391C4

accent

#80E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF3EB

border

#D3CDC6

text

#140F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E2E

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

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