#AD4B27#AD4B27

#AD4B27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.138 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4B27
RGB	rgb(173, 75, 39)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.33, 37.95, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.33, 55.12, 46.49°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.106 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.138 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1179, 14.0655, 3.5746)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4B27 #2789AD

analogous

#AD2746 #AD4B27 #AD8E27

triadic

#AD4B27 #27AD4B #4B27AD

tetradic

#AD4B27 #46AD27 #2789AD #8E27AD

square

#AD4B27 #46AD27 #2789AD #8E27AD

split-complementary

#AD4B27 #27AD8E #2746AD

monochromatic

#492010 #7B351C #AD4B27 #D3663E #DF8E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#AD4B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#AD4B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4B27

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4B27	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 75, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.138 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8063',
    500: '#ad4b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4b27;
$custom-light: #cd8063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53436,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4B27

secondary

#6AADC6

accent

#BAE642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4B27

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

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