#AD873F#AD873F

#AD873F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD873F
RGB	rgb(173, 135, 63)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 63.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, 6.40, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 43.84, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.0154 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.101 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7962, 26.5728, 8.4194)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD873F #3F65AD

analogous

#AD503F #AD873F #9CAD3F

triadic

#AD873F #3FAD87 #873FAD

tetradic

#AD873F #3FAD50 #3F65AD #AD3F9C

square

#AD873F #3FAD50 #3F65AD #AD3F9C

split-complementary

#AD873F #3F9CAD #503FAD

monochromatic

#53411E #80642F #AD873F #C6A463 #D7BE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#AD873F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#AD873F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD873F

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD873F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD873F	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad873f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 135, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a977',
    500: '#ad873f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad873f;
$custom-light: #c9a977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad873f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.273,
    "s": 46.61,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD873F

secondary

#869BC2

accent

#7FD652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD873F

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

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