#AD7E48

Closest named color: Tan Brown (#AB7E4C). oklch(62.8% 0.092 68.6), rgb(173, 126, 72).

Black text reads best on this color (5.85:1).

About this color

#AD7E48 is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.092 and its hue 69°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Tan Brown (#AB7E4C), ΔE 0.005 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.85:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.092)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Tan Brown (#AB7E4C)
Black text	5.85:1
White text	3.58:1

Values

HEX	#AD7E48
RGB	rgb(173, 126, 72)
HSL	hsl(32, 41%, 48%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.092 68.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #AD7E48	3.58:1	AA large text	Lc -68.8	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #AD7E48	5.85:1	AA	Lc 40.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#AD7E48 text on white	3.58:1	AA large text	Lc 63.3	Content text, not long reading
#AD7E48 text on black	5.85:1	AA	Lc -38.3	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F8F5F1

oklch(97.1% 0.006 75.4)
Step 100
100

#F0E8E1

oklch(93.5% 0.013 63.9)
Step 200
200

#E4D7C8

oklch(88.6% 0.025 71.4)
Step 300
300

#D4BCA2

oklch(80.9% 0.045 69.4)
Step 400
400

#BF9970

oklch(70.8% 0.072 68.4)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#AD7E48

oklch(62.8% 0.092 68.6)
Step 600
600

#99672A

oklch(55.5% 0.1 68.2)
Step 700
700

#83561C

oklch(49.2% 0.093 68.8)
Step 800
800

#6A461A

oklch(42.6% 0.077 68.3)
Step 900
900

#563B1C

oklch(37.6% 0.059 68.1)
Step 950
950

#332311

oklch(27.1% 0.038 68.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#AD7E48 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8E8143	0.052
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#998C49	0.048
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BB7371	0.073
Achromatopsia (no color)	#878787	0.092