#AD5C27#AD5C27

#AD5C27 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.124 H 50.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5C27
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 39)
HSL	hsl(24, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(24, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 29.04, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 52.35, 56.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.079 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.124 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4289, 16.6875, 4.0116)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5C27 #2778AD

analogous

#AD2735 #AD5C27 #AD9F27

triadic

#AD5C27 #27AD5C #5C27AD

tetradic

#AD5C27 #35AD27 #2778AD #9F27AD

square

#AD5C27 #35AD27 #2778AD #9F27AD

split-complementary

#AD5C27 #27AD9F #2735AD

monochromatic

#492710 #7B411C #AD5C27 #D3793E #DF9C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#AD5C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#AD5C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5C27

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5C27	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.124 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b65',
    500: '#ad5c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5c27;
$custom-light: #cc8b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.731,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56135,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5C27

secondary

#6AA1C6

accent

#A5E642

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5C27

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

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