#AD5E35#AD5E35

#AD5E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.117 H 46.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5E35
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 69.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 28.65, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 46.85, 52.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0801 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.117 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8808, 17.1491, 5.5253)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5E35 #3584AD

analogous

#AD3548 #AD5E35 #AD9A35

triadic

#AD5E35 #35AD5E #5E35AD

tetradic

#AD5E35 #48AD35 #3584AD #9A35AD

square

#AD5E35 #48AD35 #3584AD #9A35AD

split-complementary

#AD5E35 #35AD9A #3548AD

monochromatic

#4F2B18 #7E4527 #AD5E35 #CB7D54 #D9A183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AD5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AD5E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5E35

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5E35	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.117 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d6e',
    500: '#ad5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5e35;
$custom-light: #cb8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5E35

secondary

#7BAAC3

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5E35

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

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