#AD862B#AD862B

#AD862B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD862B
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 5.81, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 52.28, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0111 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.115 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1964, 26.1107, 5.9452)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD862B #2B52AD

analogous

#AD452B #AD862B #93AD2B

triadic

#AD862B #2BAD86 #862BAD

tetradic

#AD862B #2BAD45 #2B52AD #AD2B93

square

#AD862B #2BAD45 #2B52AD #AD2B93

split-complementary

#AD862B #2B93AD #452BAD

monochromatic

#4B3A13 #7C601F #AD862B #D1A745 #DDBE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#AD862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AD862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD862B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD862B	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)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86b',
    500: '#ad862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad862b;
$custom-light: #caa86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64131,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD862B

secondary

#6F89C4

accent

#74E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD862B

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

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