#AD4E2A#AD4E2A

#AD4E2A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.134 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4E2A
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.95, 36.56, 39.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.95, 53.50, 46.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.1023 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.134 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3779, 14.5028, 3.9163)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4E2A #2A89AD

analogous

#AD2A47 #AD4E2A #AD902A

triadic

#AD4E2A #2AAD4E #4E2AAD

tetradic

#AD4E2A #47AD2A #2A89AD #902AAD

square

#AD4E2A #47AD2A #2A89AD #902AAD

split-complementary

#AD4E2A #2AAD90 #2A47AD

monochromatic

#4B2212 #7C381E #AD4E2A #D16A43 #DD9174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AD4E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AD4E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4E2A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4E2A	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.134 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8265',
    500: '#ad4e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4e2a;
$custom-light: #cc8265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.489,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53915,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4E2A

secondary

#6EADC5

accent

#B8E444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4E2A

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

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