#AD862A#AD862A

#AD862A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD862A
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 5.77, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 52.67, 83.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0108 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.116 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1782, 26.1034, 5.8497)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD862A #2A51AD

analogous

#AD442A #AD862A #93AD2A

triadic

#AD862A #2AAD86 #862AAD

tetradic

#AD862A #2AAD44 #2A51AD #AD2A93

square

#AD862A #2AAD44 #2A51AD #AD2A93

split-complementary

#AD862A #2A93AD #442AAD

monochromatic

#4B3A12 #7C601E #AD862A #D1A743 #DDBE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AD862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD862A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD862A	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86a',
    500: '#ad862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad862a;
$custom-light: #caa86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64124,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD862A

secondary

#6E88C5

accent

#73E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD862A

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

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