#AD4E2B#AD4E2B

#AD4E2B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.134 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4E2B
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 36.60, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 53.16, 46.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.93% 0.1026 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(53.93% 0.134 40)
XYZ	xyz(20.3960, 14.5101, 4.0117)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4E2B #2B8AAD

analogous

#AD2B49 #AD4E2B #AD8F2B

triadic

#AD4E2B #2BAD4E #4E2BAD

tetradic

#AD4E2B #49AD2B #2B8AAD #8F2BAD

square

#AD4E2B #49AD2B #2B8AAD #8F2BAD

split-complementary

#AD4E2B #2BAD8F #2B49AD

monochromatic

#4B2213 #7C381F #AD4E2B #D16A45 #DD9176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#AD4E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#AD4E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4E2B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4E2B	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)

#685D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.134 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8266',
    500: '#ad4e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4e2b;
$custom-light: #cc8266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53926,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.14507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4E2B

secondary

#6FAEC4

accent

#B9E344

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4E2B

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

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