#AD5527#AD5527

#AD5527 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.129 H 45.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5527
RGB	rgb(173, 85, 39)
HSL	hsl(21, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(21, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 32.79, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 53.32, 52.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.0903 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.129 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8503, 15.5303, 3.8187)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5527 #277FAD

analogous

#AD273C #AD5527 #AD9827

triadic

#AD5527 #27AD55 #5527AD

tetradic

#AD5527 #3CAD27 #277FAD #9827AD

square

#AD5527 #3CAD27 #277FAD #9827AD

split-complementary

#AD5527 #27AD98 #273CAD

monochromatic

#492410 #7B3C1C #AD5527 #D3713E #DF9670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#AD5527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#AD5527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5527

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5527	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 85, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.129 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8664',
    500: '#ad5527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5527;
$custom-light: #cc8664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54978,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5527

secondary

#6AA6C6

accent

#AEE642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5527

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

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