#AD5838#AD5838

#AD5838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.120 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5838
RGB	rgb(173, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 32.07, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 46.72, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.0911 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.12 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4390, 16.1517, 5.7292)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5838 #388DAD

analogous

#AD3853 #AD5838 #AD9238

triadic

#AD5838 #38AD58 #5838AD

tetradic

#AD5838 #53AD38 #388DAD #9238AD

square

#AD5838 #53AD38 #388DAD #9238AD

split-complementary

#AD5838 #38AD92 #3853AD

monochromatic

#51291A #7F4029 #AD5838 #C97859 #D89D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#AD5838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#AD5838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5838

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5838	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.120 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb896f',
    500: '#ad5838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5838;
$custom-light: #cb896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.41,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55664,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5838

secondary

#7FB0C2

accent

#B4DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5838

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

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