#AD5F40#AD5F40

#AD5F40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.111 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5F40
RGB	rgb(173, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 28.81, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 42.65, 47.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.0825 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.111 42)
XYZ	xyz(22.2530, 17.4412, 7.0441)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5F40 #408EAD

analogous

#AD4058 #AD5F40 #AD9640

triadic

#AD5F40 #40AD5F #5F40AD

tetradic

#AD5F40 #58AD40 #408EAD #9640AD

square

#AD5F40 #58AD40 #408EAD #9640AD

split-complementary

#AD5F40 #40AD96 #4058AD

monochromatic

#542E1F #80462F #AD5F40 #C68064 #D6A591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#AD5F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#AD5F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5F40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5F40	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.111 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8d75',
    500: '#ad5f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5f40;
$custom-light: #ca8d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.064,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56952,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.17439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5F40

secondary

#87B1C2

accent

#B0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5F40

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

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