#AD5A37#AD5A37

#AD5A37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.119 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5A37
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 30.93, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 46.72, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.0874 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.119 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5812, 16.4749, 5.6572)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5A37 #378AAD

analogous

#AD374F #AD5A37 #AD9537

triadic

#AD5A37 #37AD5A #5A37AD

tetradic

#AD5A37 #4FAD37 #378AAD #9537AD

square

#AD5A37 #4FAD37 #378AAD #9537AD

split-complementary

#AD5A37 #37AD95 #374FAD

monochromatic

#502A19 #7F4228 #AD5A37 #CA7957 #D89E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#AD5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#AD5A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5A37

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5A37	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.119 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a6f',
    500: '#ad5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5a37;
$custom-light: #cb8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.797,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5598,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5A37

secondary

#7DAEC2

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5A37

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

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