#AD7E37#AD7E37

#AD7E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.105 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E37
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 10.91, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 45.92, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.0275 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.105 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3856, 24.0837, 6.9253)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E37 #3766AD

analogous

#AD4337 #AD7E37 #A1AD37

triadic

#AD7E37 #37AD7E #7E37AD

tetradic

#AD7E37 #37AD43 #3766AD #AD37A1

square

#AD7E37 #37AD43 #3766AD #AD37A1

split-complementary

#AD7E37 #37A1AD #4337AD

monochromatic

#503A19 #7F5C28 #AD7E37 #CA9C57 #D8B886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#AD7E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#AD7E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E37

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E37	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.105 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a371',
    500: '#ad7e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e37;
$custom-light: #c9a371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.102,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62619,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E37

secondary

#7D99C2

accent

#85DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E37

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

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