#AD842C#AD842C

#AD842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.114 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD842C
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 6.97, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 51.51, 82.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0146 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.114 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9411, 25.5705, 5.9517)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD842C #2C55AD

analogous

#AD432C #AD842C #96AD2C

triadic

#AD842C #2CAD84 #842CAD

tetradic

#AD842C #2CAD43 #2C55AD #AD2C96

square

#AD842C #2CAD43 #2C55AD #AD2C96

split-complementary

#AD842C #2C96AD #432CAD

monochromatic

#4B3A13 #7C5F20 #AD842C #D0A446 #DCBC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AD842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AD842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD842C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD842C	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.114 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76b',
    500: '#ad842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad842c;
$custom-light: #caa76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63729,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD842C

secondary

#718BC4

accent

#77E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD842C

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

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