#AD5231#AD5231

#AD5231 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.128 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5231
RGB	rgb(173, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 34.84, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 50.30, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.0983 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.128 40)
XYZ	xyz(20.8072, 15.1431, 4.7323)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5231 #318CAD

analogous

#AD314E #AD5231 #AD9031

triadic

#AD5231 #31AD52 #5231AD

tetradic

#AD5231 #4EAD31 #318CAD #9031AD

square

#AD5231 #4EAD31 #318CAD #9031AD

split-complementary

#AD5231 #31AD90 #314EAD

monochromatic

#4E2516 #7D3B23 #AD5231 #CD704E #DA977E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#AD5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#AD5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5231

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5231	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.128 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc856a',
    500: '#ad5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5231;
$custom-light: #cc856a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.968,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54612,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.15141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5231

secondary

#77AFC3

accent

#B7DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5231

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

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