#AD5937#AD5937

#AD5937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.120 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5937
RGB	rgb(173, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 31.47, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 46.89, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.0891 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.12 42)
XYZ	xyz(21.4974, 16.3073, 5.6292)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5937 #378BAD

analogous

#AD3750 #AD5937 #AD9437

triadic

#AD5937 #37AD59 #5937AD

tetradic

#AD5937 #50AD37 #378BAD #9437AD

square

#AD5937 #50AD37 #378BAD #9437AD

split-complementary

#AD5937 #37AD94 #3750AD

monochromatic

#502919 #7F4128 #AD5937 #CA7857 #D89E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#AD5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AD5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5937

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5937	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.120 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb896f',
    500: '#ad5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5937;
$custom-light: #cb896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55814,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.16305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5937

secondary

#7DAEC2

accent

#B2DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5937

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

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