#AD5F21#AD5F21

#AD5F21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.125 H 54.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5F21
RGB	rgb(173, 95, 33)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(27, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 27.17, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 54.20, 59.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.0725 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.125 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6023, 17.1809, 3.6172)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5F21 #216FAD

analogous

#AD2129 #AD5F21 #ADA521

triadic

#AD5F21 #21AD5F #5F21AD

tetradic

#AD5F21 #29AD21 #216FAD #A521AD

square

#AD5F21 #29AD21 #216FAD #A521AD

split-complementary

#AD5F21 #21ADA5 #2129AD

monochromatic

#46270D #7A4317 #AD5F21 #D87C33 #E29D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#AD5F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#AD5F21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5F21

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5F21	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 95, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.125 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8d61',
    500: '#ad5f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5f21;
$custom-light: #cc8d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.566,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5F21

secondary

#629BC7

accent

#9EEB3D

background

#FDF8F5

surface

#FAF0EA

border

#D3CBC6

text

#150C05

muted

#837D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5F21

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

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