#AD4E25#AD4E25

#AD4E25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.136 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4E25
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 37)
HSL	hsl(18, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(18, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 78.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 36.35, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 55.22, 48.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% 0.1008 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.136 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2940, 14.4692, 3.4741)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4E25 #2584AD

analogous

#AD2540 #AD4E25 #AD9225

triadic

#AD4E25 #25AD4E #4E25AD

tetradic

#AD4E25 #40AD25 #2584AD #9225AD

square

#AD4E25 #40AD25 #2584AD #9225AD

split-complementary

#AD4E25 #25AD92 #2540AD

monochromatic

#48210F #7B371A #AD4E25 #D5693A #E08F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AD4E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#AD4E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4E25

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4E25	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.136 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8262',
    500: '#ad4e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4e25;
$custom-light: #cd8262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.088,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53864,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4E25

secondary

#68AAC6

accent

#B5E840

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FBEFEA

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4E25

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

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