#AD5B38#AD5B38

#AD5B38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.118 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5B38
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 30.45, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 46.19, 48.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.0861 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.118 43)
XYZ	xyz(21.6903, 16.6544, 5.8130)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5B38 #388AAD

analogous

#AD384F #AD5B38 #AD9638

triadic

#AD5B38 #38AD5B #5B38AD

tetradic

#AD5B38 #4FAD38 #388AAD #9638AD

square

#AD5B38 #4FAD38 #388AAD #9638AD

split-complementary

#AD5B38 #38AD96 #384FAD

monochromatic

#512A1A #7F4329 #AD5B38 #C97B59 #D89F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#AD5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#AD5B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5B38

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5B38	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)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.118 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b70',
    500: '#ad5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5b38;
$custom-light: #cb8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.949,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5616,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.16652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5B38

secondary

#7FAEC2

accent

#B0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5B38

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

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