#AD6038#AD6038

#AD6038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.114 H 46.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6038
RGB	rgb(173, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 27.73, 36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 45.45, 52.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% 0.0779 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.114 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1321, 17.5379, 5.9602)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6038 #3885AD

analogous

#AD384A #AD6038 #AD9B38

triadic

#AD6038 #38AD60 #6038AD

tetradic

#AD6038 #4AAD38 #3885AD #9B38AD

square

#AD6038 #4AAD38 #3885AD #9B38AD

split-complementary

#AD6038 #38AD9B #384AAD

monochromatic

#512D1A #7F4629 #AD6038 #C97F59 #D8A387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#AD6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#AD6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD6038

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD6038	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.114 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8e70',
    500: '#ad6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6038;
$custom-light: #cb8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.513,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5701,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6038

secondary

#7FABC2

accent

#AADB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6038

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

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