#AD5B27#AD5B27

#AD5B27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.125 H 49.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5B27
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 39)
HSL	hsl(23, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 29.58, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 52.47, 55.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.0806 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.125 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3429, 16.5154, 3.9829)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5B27 #2779AD

analogous

#AD2736 #AD5B27 #AD9E27

triadic

#AD5B27 #27AD5B #5B27AD

tetradic

#AD5B27 #36AD27 #2779AD #9E27AD

square

#AD5B27 #36AD27 #2779AD #9E27AD

split-complementary

#AD5B27 #27AD9E #2736AD

monochromatic

#492610 #7B411C #AD5B27 #D3783E #DF9B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#AD5B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#AD5B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5B27

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5B27	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.125 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a64',
    500: '#ad5b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5b27;
$custom-light: #cc8a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55966,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5B27

secondary

#6AA2C6

accent

#A6E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5B27

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

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