#AD5C35#AD5C35

#AD5C35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.118 H 45.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5C35
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 29.74, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 47.13, 50.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0834 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.118 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7052, 16.7980, 5.4668)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5C35 #3586AD

analogous

#AD354A #AD5C35 #AD9835

triadic

#AD5C35 #35AD5C #5C35AD

tetradic

#AD5C35 #4AAD35 #3586AD #9835AD

square

#AD5C35 #4AAD35 #3586AD #9835AD

split-complementary

#AD5C35 #35AD98 #354AAD

monochromatic

#4F2A18 #7E4327 #AD5C35 #CB7B54 #D99F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#AD5C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AD5C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5C35

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5C35	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.118 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b6e',
    500: '#ad5c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5c35;
$custom-light: #cb8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56288,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5C35

secondary

#7BABC3

accent

#ADDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5C35

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

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