#AD7E40#AD7E40

#AD7E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD7E40
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 11.50, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 41.86, 74.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0305 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.098 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6214, 24.1780, 8.1669)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD7E40 #406FAD

analogous

#AD4740 #AD7E40 #A6AD40

triadic

#AD7E40 #40AD7E #7E40AD

tetradic

#AD7E40 #40AD47 #406FAD #AD40A6

square

#AD7E40 #40AD47 #406FAD #AD40A6

split-complementary

#AD7E40 #40A6AD #4740AD

monochromatic

#543D1F #805D2F #AD7E40 #C69C64 #D6B891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#AD7E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#AD7E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD7E40

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD7E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD7E40	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad7e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a377',
    500: '#ad7e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad7e40;
$custom-light: #c9a377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad7e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.128,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD7E40

secondary

#87A0C2

accent

#8BD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F3ED

border

#D2CDC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD7E40

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

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