#AD5B37#AD5B37

#AD5B37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.118 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5B37
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.81, 30.39, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.81, 46.55, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0858 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.118 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6661, 16.6447, 5.6855)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5B37 #3789AD

analogous

#AD374E #AD5B37 #AD9637

triadic

#AD5B37 #37AD5B #5B37AD

tetradic

#AD5B37 #4EAD37 #3789AD #9637AD

square

#AD5B37 #4EAD37 #3789AD #9637AD

split-complementary

#AD5B37 #37AD96 #374EAD

monochromatic

#502A19 #7F4328 #AD5B37 #CA7A57 #D89F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AD5B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AD5B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5B37

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5B37	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)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.118 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b6f',
    500: '#ad5b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5b37;
$custom-light: #cb8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.305,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56146,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5B37

secondary

#7DADC2

accent

#B0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5B37

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

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