#AD6436#AD6436

#AD6436 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.112 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6436
RGB	rgb(173, 100, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 25.41, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 45.79, 56.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% 0.0705 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.112 51)
XYZ	xyz(22.4584, 18.2673, 5.8325)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6436 #367FAD

analogous

#AD3644 #AD6436 #ADA036

triadic

#AD6436 #36AD64 #6436AD

tetradic

#AD6436 #44AD36 #367FAD #A036AD

square

#AD6436 #44AD36 #367FAD #A036AD

split-complementary

#AD6436 #36ADA0 #3644AD

monochromatic

#502E19 #7E4927 #AD6436 #CA8356 #D9A585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#AD6436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#AD6436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6436

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6436	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD555A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 100, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.112 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca916f',
    500: '#ad6436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6436;
$custom-light: #ca916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.193,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57685,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.18265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6436

secondary

#7CA7C2

accent

#A4DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6436

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

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