#AD5E21#AD5E21

#AD5E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.125 H 53.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5E21
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(26, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 27.72, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 54.29, 59.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.0741 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.125 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5128, 17.0019, 3.5874)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5E21 #2170AD

analogous

#AD212A #AD5E21 #ADA421

triadic

#AD5E21 #21AD5E #5E21AD

tetradic

#AD5E21 #2AAD21 #2170AD #A421AD

square

#AD5E21 #2AAD21 #2170AD #A421AD

split-complementary

#AD5E21 #21ADA4 #212AAD

monochromatic

#46260D #7A4217 #AD5E21 #D87B33 #E29C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AD5E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AD5E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5E21

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5E21	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.125 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8c61',
    500: '#ad5e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5e21;
$custom-light: #cc8c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56427,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5E21

secondary

#629BC7

accent

#9FEB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5E21

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

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