#AD4E27#AD4E27

#AD4E27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.135 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4E27
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 39)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 36.43, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 54.53, 48.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1014 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.135 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3262, 14.4821, 3.6440)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4E27 #2786AD

analogous

#AD2743 #AD4E27 #AD9127

triadic

#AD4E27 #27AD4E #4E27AD

tetradic

#AD4E27 #43AD27 #2786AD #9127AD

square

#AD4E27 #43AD27 #2786AD #9127AD

split-complementary

#AD4E27 #27AD91 #2743AD

monochromatic

#492110 #7B371C #AD4E27 #D3693E #DF9070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#AD4E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AD4E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4E27

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4E27	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.135 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8263',
    500: '#ad4e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4e27;
$custom-light: #cc8263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53884,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4E27

secondary

#6AABC6

accent

#B6E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4E27

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

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