#AD5939#AD5939

#AD5939 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.119 H 41.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5939
RGB	rgb(173, 89, 57)
HSL	hsl(17, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.6%, 67.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 31.59, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 46.18, 46.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0898 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.119 41)
XYZ	xyz(21.5463, 16.3269, 5.8868)
Luminance	0.1632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5939 #398DAD

analogous

#AD3953 #AD5939 #AD9339

triadic

#AD5939 #39AD59 #5939AD

tetradic

#AD5939 #53AD39 #398DAD #9339AD

square

#AD5939 #53AD39 #398DAD #9339AD

split-complementary

#AD5939 #39AD93 #3953AD

monochromatic

#512A1B #7F412A #AD5939 #C9795A #D89E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AD5939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#AD5939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5939

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5939	1.00	4.92	4.26	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 89, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.119 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8970',
    500: '#ad5939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5939;
$custom-light: #cb8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55842,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.16324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5939

secondary

#80B0C2

accent

#B3DA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5939

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

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