#AD5F38#AD5F38

#AD5F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.115 H 46.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5F38
RGB	rgb(173, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 28.28, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 45.59, 51.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0795 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.115 46)
XYZ	xyz(22.0414, 17.3566, 5.9300)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5F38 #3886AD

analogous

#AD384B #AD5F38 #AD9A38

triadic

#AD5F38 #38AD5F #5F38AD

tetradic

#AD5F38 #4BAD38 #3886AD #9A38AD

square

#AD5F38 #4BAD38 #3886AD #9A38AD

split-complementary

#AD5F38 #38AD9A #384BAD

monochromatic

#512C1A #7F4629 #AD5F38 #C97E59 #D8A287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#AD5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#AD5F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5F38

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5F38	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.115 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8d70',
    500: '#ad5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5f38;
$custom-light: #cb8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56838,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.17354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5F38

secondary

#7FACC2

accent

#ABDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5F38

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

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