#AD862C#AD862C

#AD862C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD862C
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 5.86, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 51.89, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.0113 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.115 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2149, 26.1181, 6.0430)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD862C #2C53AD

analogous

#AD452C #AD862C #94AD2C

triadic

#AD862C #2CAD86 #862CAD

tetradic

#AD862C #2CAD45 #2C53AD #AD2C94

square

#AD862C #2CAD45 #2C53AD #AD2C94

split-complementary

#AD862C #2C94AD #452CAD

monochromatic

#4B3A13 #7C6020 #AD862C #D0A646 #DCBE77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AD862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AD862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD862C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD862C	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa86b',
    500: '#ad862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad862c;
$custom-light: #caa86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD862C

secondary

#718AC4

accent

#75E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD862C

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

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