#AD5A2E#AD5A2E

#AD5A2E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.123 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5A2E
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 46)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 30.44, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 50.02, 52.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.0844 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.123 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3848, 16.3963, 4.6229)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5A2E #2E81AD

analogous

#AD2E42 #AD5A2E #AD992E

triadic

#AD5A2E #2EAD5A #5A2EAD

tetradic

#AD5A2E #42AD2E #2E81AD #992EAD

square

#AD5A2E #42AD2E #2E81AD #992EAD

split-complementary

#AD5A2E #2EAD99 #2E42AD

monochromatic

#4C2814 #7D4121 #AD5A2E #CF7849 #DC9C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AD5A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#AD5A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5A2E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5A2E	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.123 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a69',
    500: '#ad5a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5a2e;
$custom-light: #cb8a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.787,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5587,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5A2E

secondary

#73A8C4

accent

#ACE147

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5A2E

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

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