#AD4526#AD4526

#AD4526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.144 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4526
RGB	rgb(173, 69, 38)
HSL	hsl(14, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 40.85, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 56.70, 43.90°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1148 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.144 37)
XYZ	xyz(19.7136, 13.2831, 3.3592)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4526 #268EAD

analogous

#AD264B #AD4526 #AD8926

triadic

#AD4526 #26AD45 #4526AD

tetradic

#AD4526 #4BAD26 #268EAD #8926AD

square

#AD4526 #4BAD26 #268EAD #8926AD

split-complementary

#AD4526 #26AD89 #264BAD

monochromatic

#491D10 #7B311B #AD4526 #D45F3C #DF886E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#AD4526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#AD4526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4526

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4526	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE2C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 69, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.144 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c62',
    500: '#ad4526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4526;
$custom-light: #cd7c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52569,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.1328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4526

secondary

#69B0C6

accent

#C1E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4526

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

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