#AD5B40#AD5B40

#AD5B40 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.114 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5B40
RGB	rgb(173, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 30.98, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 43.39, 44.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.0891 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.114 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9019, 16.7390, 6.9270)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5B40 #4092AD

analogous

#AD405C #AD5B40 #AD9240

triadic

#AD5B40 #40AD5B #5B40AD

tetradic

#AD5B40 #5CAD40 #4092AD #9240AD

square

#AD5B40 #5CAD40 #4092AD #9240AD

split-complementary

#AD5B40 #40AD92 #405CAD

monochromatic

#542C1F #80442F #AD5B40 #C67D64 #D6A291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#AD5B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#AD5B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5B40

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5B40	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.114 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8b75',
    500: '#ad5b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5b40;
$custom-light: #ca8b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.862,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56277,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5B40

secondary

#87B3C2

accent

#B5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5B40

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

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