#AD532C#AD532C

#AD532C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.129 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD532C
RGB	rgb(173, 83, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 34.07, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 51.87, 48.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.095 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.129 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7835, 15.2552, 4.2325)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD532C #2C86AD

analogous

#AD2C45 #AD532C #AD942C

triadic

#AD532C #2CAD53 #532CAD

tetradic

#AD532C #45AD2C #2C86AD #942CAD

square

#AD532C #45AD2C #2C86AD #942CAD

split-complementary

#AD532C #2CAD94 #2C45AD

monochromatic

#4B2413 #7C3C20 #AD532C #D07046 #DC9677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#AD532C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#AD532C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD532C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD532C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD532C	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad532c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 83, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.129 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8567',
    500: '#ad532c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad532c;
$custom-light: #cc8567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad532c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.14,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54711,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD532C

secondary

#71ABC4

accent

#B3E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD532C

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

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