#AD9971#AD9971

#AD9971 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.060 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD9971
RGB	rgb(173, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(40, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 35%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 34.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 1.37, 23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 23.80, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0059 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.06 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6060, 32.8601, 20.2973)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD9971 #7185AD

analogous

#AD7B71 #AD9971 #A3AD71

triadic

#AD9971 #71AD99 #9971AD

tetradic

#AD9971 #71AD7B #7185AD #AD71A3

square

#AD9971 #71AD7B #7185AD #AD71A3

split-complementary

#AD9971 #71A3AD #7B71AD

monochromatic

#68593C #8F7A52 #AD9971 #C3B598 #DAD1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AD9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AD9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AD9971

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD9971	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3986E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.060 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b79a',
    500: '#ad9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad9971;
$custom-light: #c6b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69063,
    "c": 0.05977,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD9971

secondary

#B1B9C9

accent

#84C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD9971

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

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