#AD5B36#AD5B36

#AD5B36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.119 H 43.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5B36
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 30.34, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 46.92, 49.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.0854 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.119 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6424, 16.6352, 5.5605)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5B36 #3688AD

analogous

#AD364D #AD5B36 #AD9636

triadic

#AD5B36 #36AD5B #5B36AD

tetradic

#AD5B36 #4DAD36 #3688AD #9636AD

square

#AD5B36 #4DAD36 #3688AD #9636AD

split-complementary

#AD5B36 #36AD96 #364DAD

monochromatic

#502A19 #7E4227 #AD5B36 #CA7A56 #D99F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AD5B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AD5B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5B36

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5B36	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)

#716632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.119 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b6e',
    500: '#ad5b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5b36;
$custom-light: #cb8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.655,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56133,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5B36

secondary

#7CADC2

accent

#AFDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5B36

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

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