#AD842E#AD842E

#AD842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD842E
RGB	rgb(173, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 7.07, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 50.71, 81.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0151 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.113 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9796, 25.5859, 6.1545)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD842E #2E57AD

analogous

#AD442E #AD842E #96AD2E

triadic

#AD842E #2EAD84 #842EAD

tetradic

#AD842E #2EAD44 #2E57AD #AD2E96

square

#AD842E #2EAD44 #2E57AD #AD2E96

split-complementary

#AD842E #2E96AD #442EAD

monochromatic

#4C3A14 #7D5F21 #AD842E #CFA449 #DCBC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#AD842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#AD842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD842E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD842E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa76c',
    500: '#ad842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad842e;
$custom-light: #caa76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.63,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63746,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD842E

secondary

#738DC4

accent

#79E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD842E

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

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