#AD5526#AD5526

#AD5526 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.130 H 46.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5526
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 38)
HSL	hsl(21, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(21, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 32.75, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 53.67, 52.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.09 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.13 46)
XYZ	xyz(20.8340, 15.5237, 3.7326)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5526 #267EAD

analogous

#AD263B #AD5526 #AD9926

triadic

#AD5526 #26AD55 #5526AD

tetradic

#AD5526 #3BAD26 #267EAD #9926AD

square

#AD5526 #3BAD26 #267EAD #9926AD

split-complementary

#AD5526 #26AD99 #263BAD

monochromatic

#492410 #7B3C1B #AD5526 #D4713C #DF966E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#AD5526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#AD5526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5526

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5526	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.130 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8663',
    500: '#ad5526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5526;
$custom-light: #cc8663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.889,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54969,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.15521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5526

secondary

#69A5C6

accent

#ADE741

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5526

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

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