#AD7E31#AD7E31

#AD7E31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E31
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 10.57, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 48.51, 77.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0257 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.109 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2505, 24.0297, 6.2134)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E31 #3160AD

analogous

#AD4031 #AD7E31 #9EAD31

triadic

#AD7E31 #31AD7E #7E31AD

tetradic

#AD7E31 #31AD40 #3160AD #AD319E

square

#AD7E31 #31AD40 #3160AD #AD319E

split-complementary

#AD7E31 #319EAD #4031AD

monochromatic

#4E3916 #7D5B23 #AD7E31 #CD9D4E #DAB77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#AD7E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#AD7E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E31

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E31	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC716E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa36d',
    500: '#ad7e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e31;
$custom-light: #caa36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E31

secondary

#7794C3

accent

#82DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F3EC

border

#D2CDC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E31

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

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