#AD5E38#AD5E38

#AD5E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.115 H 45.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5E38
RGB	rgb(173, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 28.83, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 45.73, 50.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.0812 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.115 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9519, 17.1776, 5.9002)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5E38 #3887AD

analogous

#AD384D #AD5E38 #AD9938

triadic

#AD5E38 #38AD5E #5E38AD

tetradic

#AD5E38 #4DAD38 #3887AD #9938AD

square

#AD5E38 #4DAD38 #3887AD #9938AD

split-complementary

#AD5E38 #38AD99 #384DAD

monochromatic

#512C1A #7F4529 #AD5E38 #C97D59 #D8A287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#AD5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#AD5E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5E38

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5E38	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)

#746834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.115 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d70',
    500: '#ad5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5e38;
$custom-light: #cb8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.487,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56667,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5E38

secondary

#7FACC2

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5E38

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

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