#AD5A46#AD5A46

#AD5A46 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.113 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5A46
RGB	rgb(173, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 31.96, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 41.70, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.0931 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.113 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9970, 16.6412, 7.8468)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5A46 #4699AD

analogous

#AD4666 #AD5A46 #AD8D46

triadic

#AD5A46 #46AD5A #5A46AD

tetradic

#AD5A46 #66AD46 #4699AD #8D46AD

square

#AD5A46 #66AD46 #4699AD #8D46AD

split-complementary

#AD5A46 #46AD8D #4666AD

monochromatic

#562D23 #814334 #AD5A46 #C47D6C #D5A498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AD5A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AD5A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5A46

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5A46	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.113 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a7a',
    500: '#ad5a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5a46;
$custom-light: #ca8a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.65,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56212,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5A46

secondary

#8DB7C1

accent

#BAD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5A46

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

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