#AD862D#AD862D

#AD862D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD862D
RGB	rgb(173, 134, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 5.91, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 51.49, 83.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.0116 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.114 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2340, 26.1257, 6.1432)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD862D #2D54AD

analogous

#AD462D #AD862D #94AD2D

triadic

#AD862D #2DAD86 #862DAD

tetradic

#AD862D #2DAD46 #2D54AD #AD2D94

square

#AD862D #2DAD46 #2D54AD #AD2D94

split-complementary

#AD862D #2D94AD #462DAD

monochromatic

#4C3B14 #7C6020 #AD862D #CFA648 #DCBE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AD862D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#AD862D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD862D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD862D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD862D	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)

#978620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad862d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 134, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa96c',
    500: '#ad862d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad862d;
$custom-light: #caa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad862d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64147,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD862D

secondary

#728BC4

accent

#75E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD862D

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

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